B. Dan Wood

The Politics of Economic Leadership (eBook, ePUB)

The Causes and Consequences of Presidential Rhetoric

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Produktbeschreibung

The American president is widely viewed by the public and media as the nation's single most influential political and economic figure. But social scientists have often concluded that presidential words fall "on deaf ears" or have little lasting impact on policy or public opinion. Then why did Bill Clinton make 12,798 public references to the economy during his eight years in office compared with Harry Truman's mere 2,124 during his own two terms? Why George W. Bush's 3,351 remarks during his first term? Did all these words matter?

The Politics of Economic Leadership is the first comprehensive effort to examine when, why, and how presidents talk about the economy, as well as whether the president's economic rhetoric matters. It demonstrates conclusively that such presidential words do matter.

Using an unprecedented compendium of every known unique statement by U.S. presidents about the economy from World War II through the first George W. Bush administration, Dan Wood measures the relative intensity and optimism of presidents' economic rhetoric. His pathbreaking statistical analysis shows that presidential words can affect everything from approval of the president's job performance to perceptions of economic news, consumer confidence, consumer behavior, business investment, and interest rates. The impacts are both immediate and gradual. Ultimately, Wood concludes, rhetoric is indeed a tool of presidential leadership that can be used unilaterally to affect a range of political and economic outcomes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691225623
• Artikelnr.: 61154719

Autorenporträt

B. Dan Wood is professor of political science at Texas A&M University and the coauthor of Bureaucratic Dynamics: The Role of Bureaucracy in a Democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations ix
List of Tables xi
Preface xiii
CHAPTER 1: Presidential Words and the Economy 1
CHAPTER 2: Measuring the Intensity and Tone of Presidential Rhetoric about
the Economy 17
CHAPTER 3: What Determines the Intensity and Tone of Presidential Rhetoric
on the Economy? 34
CHAPTER 4: Four Cases of a President's Rhetorical Leadership of the Economy
63
CHAPTER 5: Do Presidents Affect Public Approval of Their Job Performance
through Economic Rhetoric? 109
CHAPTER 6: Does Presidential Rhetoric on the Economy Affect Economic
Behavior and Performance? 136
CHAPTER 7: Why Should We Care about Presidents' Economic Rhetoric? 161
Notes 175
References 183
Index 195