text: what did president clinton do to increase economic productivity in the mid to late 1990s? some credit clinton for economic prosperity in the 1990s. what were his policies that promoted economic growth. or was he just lucky to be in the right place at the right time when internet growth exploded, carrying stock prices upwards in a feat of irrational exuberance. in that case, maybe gore should get the credit since he "invented" the internet. clinton was in the right place at the right time.  keep in mind that he was also in office when the dot com market crashed and burned.  the economic growth was due for the most part to things that happened before clinto was even in office.