Presidents and the other red peril -- Presidents and balanced budgets : a historical perspective -- Jimmy Carter : confronting the deficit -- Ronald Reagan : coexisting with the deficit -- George H.W. Bush : compromising on the deficit -- Bill Clinton : taming the deficit -- George W. Bush : resurrecting the deficit -- Epilogue: Barack Obama : dealing with deficits and debt in the short term and long term -- Appendices: Presidential fiscal profiles.
