Edward Ashbee

This book considers the reasons for Donald Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election. It charts the prolonged campaign and the realigning processes that took place, analysing the ideas that defined the Trump platform, the electoral shifts in states regarded as solid 'firewalls' for the Democratic Party, and the responses of Republican Party elites. Although he is subject to...

The US Economy Today provides an invaluable introduction to American economic history since 1929. Its coverage includes the New Deal, the post-war boom, "stagflation" in the 1970s, Reaganomics, the Clinton and Bush years, the 2008 - 2009 economic crisis, and President Obama's first hundred days. In addition, this volume considers core contemporary economic policy debates and draws conclusions about the...