Clintonomic$ by Jack Godwin (PhD), published 2009 is a comparison of the economic policies under Bill Clinton & Ronald Reagan and an argument for the similarity of their aims and the philosophy underlying their policies.
Before I began the book, I thought it would be a Clinton hagiography, laying the ground for Hilary's inevitable presidential bid; rather like "The Bush Years - that fawning (but enjoyable) CNN documentary which (compared to this book) was a less subtle promotion for Jeb Bush's campaign. However, the book turned out to be a well argued, if one sided explanation for Bill Clinton's policies and politics. It gives a convincing analysis of the intersections between - economics & politics; policy & politicking; will & action; and, morality & power. It achieved this firstly by quoting relevant sections of what the great western thinkers said about economics or government or politics and then secondly by convincingly illustrating how an act/stated belief/policy…