An Economic Record of Presidential Performance From Truman to Bush

Subjects:

• Economics » Economic History
• Political Science » Presidential Studies
• Political Science » American Politics/Government
• Economics » Economic Policy

Reviews:

• This work will be of most interest to students of US economics and politics, upper-diovision undergraduate and up, as well as informed general readers.
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  Choice

• Endorsement From
  President Gerald R. Ford
  : Congratulations on a fine work of journalism. I am greatly impressed with the presentation of the complicated economic and fiscal data. I look forward to having a copy in my personal library and one in my Presidential Library in Ann Arbor.

Table of Contents:

• Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Introduction
• General Economic Indicators
• Major Events and Timeline, 1945-93
• GDP Growth
• Employment Growth and the Unemployment Rate
• Inflation
• Money Supply and the Real Interest Rate
• Saving and Investment Rates
• Productivity and Compensation in the Business Sector
• Poverty Line
• Stock Market -- Dow Jones Industrials
• The Federal Government
• Total Federal Budget Growth and Share of GDP
• Budget Deficits and the National Debt
• Composition of Government Budget
• Social Security
• Taxation
• Overall Presidential Performance -- A Synthesis of the Indicators
• Postscript: The Economy after Bush and Clinton's Early Returns
• Appendix I: Technical Notes
• Appendix II: Statistical Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index