Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? We tend to
stereotype the Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century
as weak. We also assume that the American people were
intellectually misguided about the economy and the government's
role in it during this era. And we generally dismiss the Gilded Age
macro-economy as boring—little interesting or important happened.
Instead, the micro-economics of the business world was where the
action was located. More broadly, many economists and political
scientists believe that individual presidents do not matter much,
even in the twenty-first century. Institutional constraints and
historical circumstance dictate success or failure; the White House
is just along for the ride. In Presidential Leadership in Feeble
Times, Mark Zachary Taylor shows that all of this is mistaken.
Taylor tells the story of three decades of Gilded Age economic
upheaval with a focus on presidential leadership—why did some
presidents crash and burn, while others prospered? It turns out
that neither education nor experience mattered much. Nor did
brains, personal ethics, or party affiliation. Instead, differences
in presidential vision and leadership style had dramatic
consequences. And even in this unlikely period, presidents
powerfully affected national economic performance and their success
came from surprising sources, with important lessons for us today.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Mark Zachary Taylor
(Associate Professor of Public Policy)
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
608 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-775074-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-19-775074-5 |
Barcode: |
9780197750742 |
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