Reagan's Legacy A Conservative Revolution and Its Enduring Impact

His real legacy was the dismantling of an eight-decade period of reform in which working people were given an unprecedented sway over our politics, our economy, ... He tripled the national debt and started the deregulation of Wall St. which set us on a pattern of financial chicanery that led to the 2008 ... Reagan later explained in his memoirs that his support of tax cuts came from personal experience as a highly paid actor in Hollywood in the 1950s who had to pay ... The efforts of academics, conservative think tanks, and political leaders on emphasizing markets and reducing government paid off after the election of ... End of the Cold War: Reagan's determined diplomacy played a vital role in the collapse of the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War. Strong US ... Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981 with strongly conservative values but experience in moderate politics. In addition to reviving the economy and reducing the size of the federal government, Ronald Reagan also wished to restore American stature in the world. He was able to capture the political capital of an unsettled national mood and, in the process, helped set an agenda and policies that would affect his ... The low point of the Reagan presidency came in 1986 when it was reported that the United States had sold weapons to Iran and then funneled some ... In reality, he increased government spending, cut taxes and turned the United States from a creditor to a debtor nation. ... Ronald Reagan.