The age of deficits
Subtitle: presidents and unbalanced budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush
By: Iwan Morgan.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700616855
Subjects: Budget deficits -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Budget deficits -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Political parties -- United States -- History; Finance, Public -- United States -- History -- 1933-; Fiscal policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Fiscal policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presidents and the other red peril; title: Presidents and balanced budgets : a historical perspective; title: Jimmy Carter : confronting the deficit; title: Ronald Reagan : coexisting with the deficit; title: George H.W. Bush : compromising on the deficit; title: Bill Clinton : taming the deficit; title: George W. Bush : resurrecting the deficit; title: Epilogue: Barack Obama : dealing with deficits and debt in the short term and long term; title: Appendices: Presidential fiscal profiles.