The Presidency

Jeffrey Cohen, Fordham University - Bronx
David Nice, Washington State University - Pullman

The President and Economic Policy Making

Internet Resources

Internet Resources on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4545/)

Brief outline lists the many legislative acts and measures that passed as part of efforts to realize LBJ's "Great Society."
Great Society Legislation of 1964 (http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/brundage/lecture/history2020/greatsociety/history2020/tsld0... )

A slide show examining the roots and results of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society economic and social program.
The Zenith of Liberalism: The Great Society, 1964-1968 (http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/brundage/lecture/history2020/greatsociety/history2020/)

Short article from the "The American President" PBS TV series site.
Lyndon B. Johnson, The War on Poverty President (http://www.americanpresident.org/KoTrain/Courses/LBJ/LBJ_Domestic_Affairs.htm)

Cato Institute policy analysis article compares the Reagan's domestic policies with other presidents'.
Supply-Side Tax Cuts and the Truth about the Reagan Economic Record (http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-261.html)

Article comparing President Reagan's and Clinton's economic policies.
National Center for Policy Analysis (http://www.ncpa.org/pd/economy/econ4.html)

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