The economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.
‘the claim that cutting taxes generates more revenue was a key element of Reaganomics’
‘The term nonetheless made its way into common usage to characterize social policies ranging from sociobiology to Reaganomics.’
‘Politically, the Republican presidential candidates can be assessed on their various preferred visions of Reaganomics.’
‘Still, there's heated dispute about just how important Reaganomics was to the tech boom.’
‘Whichever side you take, the right way to assess Reaganomics, like any revolution, is not by looking at the immediate effect.’
‘Such is the trade policy rhetoric of Reaganomics, a rhetoric combining free trade grandiloquence with policies of the merchant.’
‘The way for Europe's new governments to get out of this jam is to revive old-school Reaganomics.’
‘With most rates around the world more or less following those of the U.S., Reaganomics also triggered a worldwide recession.’
‘It was the New Deal back then, Reaganomics today.’
‘They will rather represent a return to Reaganomics.’
‘But Reaganomics in Europe is likely to have much the same results as Reaganomics in the US.’
‘He is passionate, well connected, and committed to repairing the damage of Reaganomics.’
‘Combining homespun charm and his patented "Reaganomics," Ronnie guided the United States through the 1980s and into the Clinton era.’
‘But if Reaganomics set the stage for some long-term gains, there were plenty of places where it fell down as well.’
‘How well has Reaganomics achieved its own goals?’
‘Of course, this was the main tenet of Reaganomics in the 1980s - presuming that the standards of living of the poor would gradually improve with increased economic development.’
‘Reaganomics has been an uneasy and shifting coalition of several clashing schools of economic thought.’
‘This is definitely a flash back to Reaganomics, when supply-side economics policy was probably at its best.’
‘In the end, there may be no way to tell just how much Reaganomics helped create and foster the environment that has led to today's tech-driven, high-productivity economy.’
‘Is there life after Reaganomics?’
‘It was a pivotal swing year in American history, when the spirit-of-'76 promise of the Carter years was about to give way to the cutthroat capitalism of Reaganomics and a reheated Cold War.’
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