"A fascinating book. Matusow writes very well and manages to make
complicated economic ideas very clear. His portraits of major
players such as Herbert Stein, John Connally, and George Shultz are
extraordinarily shrewd. The result is a history of presidential
mismanagement that reveals a great deal, not only about the Nixon
years, but also about the formidable obstacles that block the
making of well-informed and coherent federal economic
policy."--James T. Patterson, author of Grand Expectations: The
United States, 1945-1974"An important and stimulating book that
contributes substantially to the ongoing reinterpretation of
Nixon's presidency, vividly demonstrating how Nixon's quest for a
new majority animated and gave coherence to his economic policy
choices."--Bruce J. Schulman, author of Lyndon B. Johnson and
American Liberalism
"Matusow's monograph is an incisive analysis of a little-known
aspect of the Nixon years."--Washington Post"A very readable and
insightful study of a critical period in American economic
history."--Wall Street Journal"Matusow provides lucid accounts of
such complicated issues as wage-and-price controls, dollar
devaluation, demise of the gold standard, and the emergence of the
global economy."--Library Journal"Matusow's important study of
Richard M. Nixon's economy fills a gap in the historical
literature. A gracefully written work, it is replete with
penetrating and often startling insights, sharp analysis, and
impressive research, and it offers a fresh account of how economic
policy was shaped in accordance with the political objectives of
the Nixon presidency."--American Historical Review"We shall not
soon find an account of policy making in the White House that
throws so much light on the way in which the thirty-seventh
president of the United States conducted the country's economic
business--nor one that illuminates Mr. Nixon's understanding and
practice of politics--as Professor Matusow's."--Journal of American
History
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