Here: Adapted from the graphic “Average Annualized GDP Growth, by Term,” in Alan S. Blinder and Mark W. Watson, of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Economics, “Presidents and the U.S. Economy,” July 2014. The original chart can be found on page 43 of the document posted online at https://www.princeton.edu/~mwatson/papers/Presidents_Blinder_Watson_July2014.pdf.
Here: Adapted from Steve Clemons, “GOP Presidents Have Been the Worst Contributors to the Federal Debt,” TheAtlantic.com, October 27, 2012; http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/gop-presidents-have-been-the-worst-contributors-to-the-federal-debt/264193/.
Here: Adapted from an infographic published by the Initiative on Global Markets at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Survey data originally posted July 29, 2014; http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_5bfARfqluG9VYrP.
Here: Adapted from a graph published by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP); http://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/tanf_trends_la.pdf. The graph incorporates data from the CBPP, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
Here: Adapted from an infographic, based on data from the Pew Research Center, by Alan Smith for FT.com; http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/98ce14ee-99a6-11e5-95c7-d47aa298f769.html#axzz4BTjJf6Po.
Here: Adapted from the Tax Policy Center publication “An Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan,” by Jim Nunns, Len Burman, Jeff Rohaly, and Joe Rosenberg, published December 22, 2015. The Tax Policy Center is a collaboration of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution. The original chart can be found on page 12 of the document posted online at http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/analysis-donald-trumps-tax-plan/full.
Here: Adapted from “Next Steps for Health Reform,” a lecture by Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, at the Hamilton Project, October 7, 2015. The original graph can be found on page 2 of the document posted online at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/page/files/20151007_next_steps_health_care_reform.pdf. Graph is based on data from the “CIA analysis of National Health Interview Survey, Cohen et al. (2009), Klemm (2000), and CMS (2009), and Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
Here: Based on data in Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson, American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016), 47.
Here: Adapted from the Mediamatters.org graphic “Ebola Segments on Evening Cable News.” Viewership data covers three networks—CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC—for the dates October 7–November 17, 2014. The original chart can be found online at http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/11/19/report-ebola-coverage-on-tv-news-plummeted-afte/201619.