The President as Economist: Scoring Economic Performance from Harry Truman to Barack Obama
The Economic Performance of U.S. Presidents: A Scorecard from Harry Truman to Barack Obama provides eye-opening insights about matters of critical importance for the future of the United States. Author Richard J. Carroll tackles a topic that has researched and been focused upon for more than 20 years, providing impartial assessments and rankings of each presidential administration according to numerous key performance indicators—quantitative data, not subjective opinions. The final chapter combines all of the data to present a numeric score (Presidential Performance Index-PPI) for each administration that allows an overall ranking of the 11 presidents.
The analysis covers 66 years of U.S. economic history, ranging from 1946 through 2011. The earlier administrations of Harry S. Truman through Jimmy Carter set the context against which more recent presidencies are judged. This title will be an invaluable resource for everyone from general readers to students at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels, as well as journalists, lobbyists, and anyone directly or indirectly involved in the political process.
Congressional Quarterly’s Desk Reference on the Economy
Over 600 Answers to Questions that will Help You Understand News, Trends, and Issues
Perfect Election Year Briefing on the Economy July 18, 2000 Reviewer: James Cullinane
Carroll’s Desk Reference on the Economy is comprehensive, issues oriented and balanced. These qualities make it great for getting up to speed for economic issues in the 2000 election. The sections on Social Security, Environment, Taxes and Presidential performance measures are especially strong. The Q&A format works well. I recommend it to anyone who wants to get more out of the news.
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An Economic Record of Presidential Performance
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For the first time, trends in 20 major economic and federal budget indicators, most reported since World War II, are presented in a single source. The economic performances under each presidential administration are ranked for each indicator, as well as for their overall performance. The results are often surprising and counter-intuitive, challenging many popular beliefs. This presentation of averages, trends, and illustrations will allow scholars, students, and others interested in economics, politics, and history, to interpret economic news more effectively.
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Chapter One: Major Events and Timeline 1945-1995
The first chapter gives a timeline of events that changed the economy, The Great Depression, Bretton Woods, the Tax Cut of 1964, the Vietnam War, Oil Crises of 1973 and 1979, and so on. You can skip directly to the event you want or scroll through the history of the last 60 years.
Chapter Two: GDP
Chapter Two explains the GDP and underlying factors to give you a better understanding of presidential economic performance.
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The President as Economist: Scoring Economic Performance from Harry Truman to Barack Obama
The Economic Performance of U.S. Presidents: A Scorecard from Harry Truman to Barack Obama provides eye-opening insights about matters of critical importance for the future of the United States. Author Richard J. Carroll tackles a topic that has researched and been focused upon for more than 20 years, providing impartial assessments and rankings of each presidential administration according to numerous key performance indicators—quantitative data, not subjective opinions. The final chapter combines all of the data to present a numeric score (Presidential Performance Index-PPI) for each administration that allows an overall ranking of the 11 presidents.
The analysis covers 66 years of U.S. economic history, ranging from 1946 through 2011. The earlier administrations of Harry S. Truman through Jimmy Carter set the context against which more recent presidencies are judged. This title will be an invaluable resource for everyone from general readers to students at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels, as well as journalists, lobbyists, and anyone directly or indirectly involved in the political process.
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Congressional Quarterly’s Desk Reference on the Economy
Over 600 Answers to Questions that will Help You Understand News, Trends, and Issues
Perfect Election Year Briefing on the Economy July 18, 2000 Reviewer: James Cullinane
Add this Book to Your Library:
An Economic Record of Presidential Performance
From The Publisher
For the first time, trends in 20 major economic and federal budget indicators, most reported since World War II, are presented in a single source. The economic performances under each presidential administration are ranked for each indicator, as well as for their overall performance. The results are often surprising and counter-intuitive, challenging many popular beliefs. This presentation of averages, trends, and illustrations will allow scholars, students, and others interested in economics, politics, and history, to interpret economic news more effectively.
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The first chapter gives a timeline of events that changed the economy, The Great Depression, Bretton Woods, the Tax Cut of 1964, the Vietnam War, Oil Crises of 1973 and 1979, and so on. You can skip directly to the event you want or scroll through the history of the last 60 years.
Chapter Two explains the GDP and underlying factors to give you a better understanding of presidential economic performance.
Chapter 3 explains the trends in employment and why employment growth is needed to complement the unemployment rate to measure performance.
Chapter 15 use brings all of the private and public sector indicators together so you can get the big picture of presidential performance. Which president did best? Which did worst? This concluding chapter tells you.