The Reagan Revolution A Critical Assessment of Its Legacy

It was Reagan who revived the war on drugs, which for all intents and purposes, had become moribund under the administration of President Jimmy ... Deregulated the economy and got us out of the stagflation of the 70's. The economy and the stock market boomed. The only president we've ever ... The Reagan NLRB aggressively reversed precedents, and narrowed workers' rights, and workers are still feeling the effects of a number of key decisions made by ... At a more philosophical level, the Reagan Administration hired and cultivated a number of lawyers and legal activists who not only opposed both ... These shaky economic times helped Reagan get elected and once in office, he made his top priority fixing the economic crisis the U.S. faced. “He looks like a Filipino.” Reagan accepted this unflinchingly. He started wearing wide-collar shirts to make his neck look longer and combing ... In January 1981 Ronald Reagan took office as President after defeating the incumbent Jimmy Carter the previous November ... It also began a long-term inquiry into ... He has restored the American economy (a president's single most important domestic responsibility) even as he has frustrated the Left's ambition to ... Reagan served as the fortieth president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Boot's detailed account of Reagan's life spans his beginnings in ... What isn't so easy to forgive is the Reagan Doctrine, sometimes known as Third World Rollback. Rollback was the American end of the proxy war ...