Presimetrics
Subtitle: what the facts tell us about how the Presidents measure up on the issues we care about
By: Mike Kimel and Michael E. Kanell ; information graphics by Nigel Holmes
Contributors: Kanell, Michael E.; Holmes, Nigel, 1942-
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Distributed by Workman Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781579128357
Subjects: Economic policy; Statistics; Economic conditions; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Democratic Party (U.S.); Social conditions; Evaluation; Social policy
Description: The authors, Mike Kimel and Michael E. Kanell have gathered and analyzed data on more than a dozen critical national issues including GDP, personal income, health care, jobs, national security, education, and more. Using statistical information from several non-partisan federal agencies, the authors are able to cut through political rhetoric and present the quantifiable facts about how our modern presidents performed on the issues that matter most to Americans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [276-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Real GDP per capita; title: Fiscal responsibility; title: Debt : what real GDP per capita leaves out; title: Employment; title: Income and wealth; title: Republican issues; title: Interlude : on taxes; title: Democratic issues; title: Health care; title: Crime; title: The public mood; title: Family values; title: Investing in the future; title: Appendix 1. Is it Congress?; title: Appendix 2. Explaining growth in real GDP per capita; title: Appendix 3. The budget of the Executive Office of the President; title: Appendix 4. Try this at home; title: Appendix 5. Obama.