Table of Contents: The age of deficits

Main Author:	Morgan, Iwan W.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2009]
Physical Description:	xvi, 375 pages ; 24 cm.
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 -- 2001-2009.

Table of Contents:

Presidents and the other red peril
Presidents and balanced budgets : a historical perspective
Jimmy Carter : confronting the deficit
Ronald Reagan : coexisting with the deficit
George H.W. Bush : compromising on the deficit
Bill Clinton : taming the deficit
George W. Bush : resurrecting the deficit
Epilogue: Barack Obama : dealing with deficits and debt in the short term and long term
Appendices: Presidential fiscal profiles.