PRESIMETRICS: WHAT THE FACTS TELL US ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENTS MEASURE UP ON THE ISSUES WE CARE ABOUT

Book ID/图书代码： 01899010B38519

English Summary/英文概要： An economist, an economics writer, and a noted graphic designer present an unbiased, and often surprising, analysis of how our modern presidents—from Ike to G.W.—have performed on more than a dozen critical national issues, including GDP, personal income, health care, crime, national security, education, family values, and more.

Politicians, pundits, the media, and even economists spend an enormous amount of time telling Americans how the presidents are performing, but this analysis is almost always skewed along party lines. By contrast, this book objectively dissects such sacred cows as the Republican eschewal of “big government” and the Democratic tendency to tax and spend, instead taking a hard look at the facts to rate the administrations. Organized by issue, the data is presented in lively text that clearly explains the various policies of each administration and how these policies may have affected that data. Also discussed are how the policies of one administration may (or may not) have affected the success (or failure) of the following administration, and what effect Congress had, if any.

Colorful graphs and other information graphics lend even greater depth of understanding to the statistical data by showing at a glance how multiple administrations stack up against each other on all the issues that concern the public most.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書作者完全將政治黨派的偏見予以摒棄，以一種公正不阿的態度對美國近代歷任總統 -從艾森豪到喬治.W.布希- 在重大國內事務上的功過得失進行了一番悉數，這其中便包括了國民生產總值、國民收入增長、教育醫療、國內犯罪率、國家安全事務、家庭觀念等等眾多話題.
雖然圍繞歷屆總統及其班底的政績評判，來自媒體與政客方面的聲音總是不絕於耳，但由於受到各自黨派及政見的局限，往往這些分析便會顯得有失偏頗。所以在本書中，兩位作者從全新的角度著手，對歷屆政府資料進行了匯總分析，並以此為據，對列位總統們進行排名。而文中所得出的結論將與人們的預期大相徑庭：
 被譽為新保守主義之父的雷根，是自林登.貝恩斯.詹森之後於促進聯邦政府就業率方面表現最為優異的總統
 堪稱民主黨傑出領袖的克林頓，事實上在其任期內削減掉了大量針對全國教育委員會的財政撥款，在這一方面，他可謂是歷屆總統之最
 在針對國內社會公眾項目的聯邦費用支出等民主黨所關心的事務上，尼克森及福特政府的表現則無出其右者
生動的文字向讀者揭示出了每一位總統于執政期間，其各自不同的政策對國內事務所帶來的不同影響；同時再配合上詳盡的資訊圖表，歷屆政府的功過得失將顯現的一覽無餘。（ANDY）

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About the Author/作者介绍： Mike Kimel is an economic consultant who has built sophisticated statistical tools used by the military, NASA, and other government agencies. He also taught economics and advanced statistics at Pepperdine University, ran the internal consulting group for a Fortune 500 telecom company, and worked for a Big 4 accounting firm. He holds a Ph.D in economics from UCLA. He lives in Akron, Ohio, where he works at a diversified regional energy company. He is a contributing blogger on angrybear.com, one of the top economic blogs in the country.
Michael E. Kanell is an economics writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has appeared on television and radio, including CNBC, NPR, and various local stations across the country. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Princeton University and a law degree from Boston University, where he was also adjunct professor of the College of Communications. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nigel Holmes is an award-winning information graphics specialist. His work has appeared in countless publications, including Time (where he worked as graphics director), Adweek, GQ, Details, Discover, Money, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, and more. He lives in Westport, Connecticut.

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