TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carroll,Richard J.
TI  - The president as economist : : scoring economic performance from Harry Truman to Barack Obama 
SN  - 9781440801815 (alk. paper)
AV  - HC 103 C319p 2012
U1  - 330.973 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Santa Barbara, Calif.
PB  - Praeger, 
KW  - Budget
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Presupuesto
KW  - Historia
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Government spending policy
KW  - Política de gastos públicos
KW  - President
KW  - Presidentes
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Política económica
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Condiciones económicas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-213) and index; GDP and productivity-presidential focus on economic production -- Inflation and interest rates-incentives and disincentives for economic production -- Savings and investment-laying the foundation for economic growth -- Growth of the stock market-the value of private companies -- Employment and poverty line-the "other" bottom lines of economic policy -- Exports and the international trade balance-America's global competitiveness -- Federal budget growth and share of the economy-maintaining a public/private balance -- Federal budget deficits and the national debt-presidential fiscal responsibility -- Federal taxation-raising revenue effectively for the public -- Economic performance rankings from Harry Truman to Barack Obama
N2  - This book provides evaluations of American presidents over the course of 66 years of U.S. economic history, using quantitative data to provide credible, defensible answers to controversial questions like "Whose economic policies were more effective, Ronald Reagan's or Bill Clinton's?"
ER  -