Summary
Contents
Subject index
There is no other print source, online source, or Web search engine that provides the wide range and depth of insight found in Vital Statistics on American Politics. This new 2015-2016 edition is updated with the most recent information available. The editors consult hundreds of sources to calculate and locate the data, facts, and figures that offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of the broad spectrum of United States politics and policies.
In over more than tables and figures, students, professional researchers, and interested citizens will find chapters devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the three branches of U.S. government, foreign, military, social and economic policy, and much more.
Economic Policy
Economic Policy
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Federal Budget
- National Debt
- Tax Breaks
- Income Inequality
- Labor Unions
- Minimum Wages
- Unemployment
Economic policy makers labor under the burden of an overabundance of numbers. Statistics recording various aspects of the economy's performance appear regularly—often monthly. These statistics are important, not simply because of the conditions they report, but also because of the way in which they filter ...
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