In addition, the shifting of the tax burden to the working class had never been administered in such a large-scale way before. Reaganomics achieved short-term gains, but was overall not a successful approach to the American economy. The emphasis on high defense spending and high foreign debt created an illusory effect. In more recent times, it has become apparent that the economy is now dependent of defense-oriented deficit spending, which

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The Great Depression required restructuring of the economy in order to address the causes and effects of that crisis. It was more successful when some of the ill-conceived elements of the New Deal were discarded, but the measures undertaken paved the way for the strong growth of the latter 20th century. Reaganomics itself does not promote strong growth, but it worked in the short run, and some of Reagan's

Introduction When Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President, he spent his two terms enacting a series of economic policies that were known as Reaganomics. The policies were a response to challenging economic conditions of the time, a strong mandate from voters, and a desire to test certain conservative economic ideas on a large scale. This paper will examine what these policies were, and whether or not they achieved

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