The Reagan Era A Time of Economic Booms and Busts

Reaganomics and How it Affected African Americans in the 1980s ... Abstract: My project was on Reaganomics and what this really meant for groups like African ... Upon taking office, the Reagan administration implemented an economic policy based on the theory of supply-side economics. Taxes were reduced through the ... Reagan's vision of politics, economics and religion replaced the worldview introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Seeking relief for ... As Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, he was greatly troubled by what he saw around the world. For more than three decades, the U.S. and ... Ronald Reagan did this by lowering taxes, by reducing government regulation and interference in the economy, and by making it easier for ... Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and ... Yet from a long-term perspective, conservatives achieved an enduring transformation of American politics and society. Liberals did not disappear, but they ... Ronald Reagan helped shift the tax burden from wealth to work, he helped hollow out the middle class, his War on Drugs helped launch the ... Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish many achievements in economic and foreign policy. Reagan established that supply-side economics can work in macroeconomic ... Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him.