"In this study I explain why economic voting is so widespread and, yet, why incumbents so often win amidst economic downturns and challengers in boom times. I account for the fact that some candidates drastically outperform the predictions of economic voting models while others underperform....

The making of a public economist -- Building intellectual community -- "You can always tell a Harvard man" -- Recovery -- Keynesian conversion -- Reform I : redistribution -- Reform II : monopoly -- "Regenerated liberalism" -- War -- Peace -- The economy of the post-war world -- The good economy