Reaganomics A Legacy of Economic Transformation

Reagan won 489 electoral votes to 49 for President Jimmy Carter. On January 20, 1981, Reagan took office. Only 69 days later he was shot by a would-be assassin, ... It first produced policy plans for future Republican administrations in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was about to take office. It has produced similar documents ... The national security adviser (Reagan went through four in six years) either proved unable to forge agreement on policy or was not empowered by the president to ... Shortly before he became president, Reagan told an aide: “My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic. It is ... On August 8, 1974 -- forty years ago this past Friday – after winning the 1972 presidential election in an unprecedented landslide, President Nixon resigned in ... as reactions to U.S. policy choice, but that perspective overstates the effect of U.S. policy ... In public policy, Ronald Reagan is remembered as a foe of big ... He faced a series of tough choices that would determine the fate of his Presidency and the long- term future of the U.S. economy. ... the impact of chronic ... Presidential Statements. This is an archival or historical document and may not reflect current policies or procedures. President Ronald W. Reagan. Thumbnail ... The combined effect of Reaganomics was a tripled national debt. But beginning in 1982, the U.S. economy did begin its longest peacetime expansion ever, lasting ... Washington, D.C., November 25, 2016 – Exactly thirty years ago, President Ronald Reagan announced to the nation – after weeks of denials ...