Picking Presidents: How to Make the Most Consequential Decision in the World

Author:   Gautam Mukunda
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520379992


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 October 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Gautam Mukunda
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520379992


ISBN 10:   0520379993
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents List of Tables and Figure Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Fateful Choice  2. Harry Truman and the System at Its Best 3. James Buchanan and the Collapse of the System 4. Unhappy in Their Own Way: Failed Unfiltered Presidents  5. Five Stars and a Bull Moose: The Triumph of Unfiltered Presidents 6. Assessing Filtered and Unfiltered Candidates Conclusion. Where Do We Go from Here? Appendix: Statistical Analysis, Case Selection, and Theoretical Concerns Notes Bibliography Index  

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"""If you only read one book to understand how Democrats will, and should, pick a new nominee -- and the stakes of the general election -- read my friend @gmukunda's book Picking Presidents, which explains how to judge if a Presidential candidate is worthy of sitting in the Oval Office."" * Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author * ""I really can't say enough about his book. Shockingly prescient."" * Bloomberg Surveillance * ""I really can't say enough about his book. Shockingly prescient."" * Tom Keene, Bloomberg *"


"""If you only read one book to understand how Democrats will, and should, pick a new nominee -- and the stakes of the general election -- read my friend @gmukunda's book Picking Presidents, which explains how to judge if a Presidential candidate is worthy of sitting in the Oval Office."" * Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author * ""I really can't say enough about his book. Shockingly prescient."" * Bloomberg Surveillance *"


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Gautam Mukunda is a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, author of Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter, and the host of NASDAQ’s World Reimagined podcast. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University.

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