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Reagan's Economic Policies: A Critique

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The Reagan administration is credited with one major success: the reduction in inflation. But it was not achieved painlessly, through "monetarism" and "supply" policies. Money growth swung widely and disinflation required, as always, a high and protracted unemployment rate. The deep tax cuts failed to increase saving, but contributed to the largest deficits in U.S. peace time history, high interest rates , dollar overvaluation, loss of competitiveness, and rising foreign d ebt. Output grew weekly as unemployment was high through 1987 and productivity growth low. Nonetheless, real per capita disposable income grew substantially, but thanks to the tax reductions and gains in terms of trade which are destined to reverse. Copyright 1988 by Royal Economic Society.

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  • Modigliani, Franco, 1988. "Reagan's Economic Policies: A Critique," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(3), pages 397-426, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:40:y:1988:i:3:p:397-426
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    1. Keith M. Carlson, 1989. "Federal budget trends and the 1981 Reagan economic plan," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, issue Jan, pages 18-31.
    2. Magazzino, Cosimo, 2010. "The Economic Policy of Ronald Reagan. Between Supply-Side and Keynesianism," MPRA Paper 25537, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Gunther Schnabl, 2001. "Weak Economy and Strong Currency: The Origins of the Strong Yen in the 1990s," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 70(4), pages 489-503.
    4. Komlos John, 2019. "Reaganomics: A Watershed Moment on the Road to Trumpism," The Economists' Voice, De Gruyter, vol. 16(1), pages 1-21, December.
    5. John Komlos, 2019. "Reaganomics: una línea divisoria," Tiempo y Economía, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, vol. 6(1), pages 47-76, February.
    6. John Komlos, 2023. "Viability of the Political System: A Neglected Issue in Public Finance," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 66(3-4), pages 59-68, July.
    7. John Komlos, 2018. "Reaganomics: A Historical Watershed," CESifo Working Paper Series 7301, CESifo.
    8. Adrian W. Throop, 1989. "Reagan fiscal policy and the dollar," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue Sum, pages 18-26.

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