Reagan's Foreign Policy The End of the Cold War

Ronald Reagan did this by lowering taxes, by reducing government regulation and interference in the economy, and by making it easier for ... Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, according to Reagan, "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers." Under the so-called Reagan ... Joseph J. Thorndike considers how the Reagan administration's attempts at tax and Social Security reform provide an important example of ... Reagan's economic policies are called Reaganomics. these policies are based on the theory of supply-side economics which says tax cuts encourage economic ... While the Reagan policies implemented have increased economic efficiency and reduced federal-related budgets and staffs, they have caused environmental ... The foreign policy of Ronald Reagan was focused on defeating communism in the Soviet Union and preventing the spread of communism. On the domestic front, President Ronald Reagan implemented policies to reduce the federal government's reach into the daily lives and ... This severely reduced the amount of money the federal government was getting from taxation. At the same time, Reagan introduced cuts in welfare spending valued ... Because his presidency ended little more than two decades ago, Reagan is important to study both as a historical figure and as a policy-maker whose legacy still ... President Reagan had run a campaign that focused on his desire to tackle three challenges: the economic morass the nation was in, diplomatic ...