According to the author the US economy is not in such a bad condition as usually depicted, but the relapse into a severe recession and uncertainty after thirty years of uninterrupted upward movements has been shocking. President Ford, although facing a self-assertive Congress, with his gradual...

U.S. presidential approval is a topic that has long attracted the interest of political pundits, journalists, candidates and voters. Academic studies of presidential approval have been dominated by political scientists while economists have focused on the president’s political party and...

U.S. presidential approval is a topic that has long attracted the interest of political pundits, journalists, candidates and voters. Academic studies of presidential approval have been dominated by political scientists while economists have focused on the president’s political party and...