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by Brian Reich | 13 Nov 2008, 3:01pm
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He hasn't even taken office yet, but the Tribune is writing about Obama's earning potential after his term(s) are up. "No matter what kind of president Obama turns out to be, the Chicago Democrat can almost certainly count on a postpresidential lifetime of steady and probably huge earnings from books, speeches, corporate board work and other events that have made multimillionaires of modern-day Oval Office retirees. This could be called "presidential economics," a big-money game in which chief executives —popular, mediocre or disgraced—cash in after they leave office."
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