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Reaganomics
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English
Etymology
en Reagan economics, equivalent to en Reagan nomics.
Pronunciation
rā'gə-nŏmʹĭks
en /ˌreɪɡəˈnɑmɪks/ US
en En-us-Reaganomics.oga GA
en /ˌreɪɡəˈnɒmɪks/ UK
en ɒmɪks 4
Noun
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The neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis).
en Jonathan Fuerbringer Reaganomics: The Report Card for 1981, and the Prospects The New York Times 1982-01-03 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/03/weekinreview/reaganomics-the-report-card-for-1981-and-the-prospects.html 0362-4331 Many opponents of Reaganomics, in fact, don't contend that the program can't work over the long run. But they argue that the program can not work the way the President promised and that the resulting social cost isn't worth it. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524122345/http://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/03/weekinreview/reaganomics-the-report-card-for-1981-and-the-prospects.html 24 May 2015
en 2012 David L. Smith The Predicament However, until the wheels came off the wagon in 2008, no doubt existed as to the efficacy of Bush's Reaganomics redux in feathering the nests of his wealthy “base.”
Coordinate terms
Related terms
en Reaganesque Reaganism
Translations
economic idea
Azerbaijani: az reyqanomika
Finnish: fi reaganismi
Polish: pl reaganomika f
Russian: ru рейгано́мика
Spanish: es reaganomía f
See also
en Rogernomics Thatchernomics
Anagrams
en aacegimnors ergomaniacs
en Ronald Reagan Conservatism