Clark: Swing elections cause government policy to shift dramatically every cycle
Suzanne Clark · How optimism fuels the economy (U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Suzanne Clark) | Masters of Scale · Apr 26, 2024 · at 12:23
Suzanne Clark, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, discusses how political polarization and frequent changes in government control disrupt long-term business planning.
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“If 10 of the last 12 elections have been swing elections, that means that government policy goes guardrail to guardrail every two to four years.”
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