{"id":19170,"date":"2013-09-20T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T05:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/majority-of-americans-say-banks-large-corporations-benefitted-most-from-u-s-economic-policies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:41","slug":"majority-of-americans-say-banks-large-corporations-benefitted-most-from-u-s-economic-policies","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/09\/20\/majority-of-americans-say-banks-large-corporations-benefitted-most-from-u-s-economic-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Americans say banks, large corporations benefitted most from U.S. economic policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public sees clear winners and losers as a result of the government\u2019s economic policies following the recession that began in 2008.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the public\u2019s view, the beneficiaries of these policies are large banks and financial institutions, large corporations and wealthy people, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/09\/12\/five-years-after-market-crash-u-s-economy-seen-as-no-more-secure\/#winners-losers\">survey conducted earlier this month<\/a>. Sizable majorities say government policies have helped all three at least a fair amount \u2013 69% say that about large banks and financial institutions, 67% large corporations and 59% wealthy people.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/09\/12\/five-years-after-market-crash-u-s-economy-seen-as-no-more-secure\/#winners-losers\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeeeee\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeeee;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"289\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/DN_Winners_Losers.png?resize=434,289 434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-29704 not-transparent\" alt=\"DN_Winners_Losers\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/09\/DN_Winners_Losers.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, fewer than a third say policies implemented by the government following the recession have helped the poor, middle class and small businesses. Roughly seven-in-ten say government policies have done little or nothing to help the poor (72%), the middle class (71%) and small businesses (67%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There has been little change in these perceptions since the question was last asked in July 2010.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public had a dim view of assistance that the government gave to banks and financial institutions <i>during <\/i>the recession, after the 2008 fiscal meltdown threatened many of them. A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/02\/23\/section-1-recent-economic-policies-keystone-pipeline\/#tarp-negative\">Feb. 2012 survey<\/a> found that 52% of Americans thought bailing out the banks through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treasury.gov\/initiatives\/financial-stability\/TARP-Programs\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Troubled Asset Relief Program<\/a> (TARP) was the wrong thing to do, while 39% supported the action. \u00a0That was a big turnaround from 2008 when the crisis hit in 2008 and 57% had said TARP was the right thing to do.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly seven-in-ten Americans say large banks and financial institutions have benefited the most from post-recession government policies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":null,"sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0},"categories":[232,235,440],"bylines":[859],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-19170","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-economic-conditions","category-economic-policy","category-recessions-recoveries","bylines-bruce-drake","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":215,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/09\/20\/majority-of-americans-say-banks-large-corporations-benefitted-most-from-u-s-economic-policies\/","art_direction":false,"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Majority of Americans say banks, large corporations benefitted most from U.S. economic policies","description":"Nearly seven-in-ten Americans say large banks and financial institutions have benefited the most from post-recession government policies. 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