Reaganism
Eighties American conservatism
Reaganism refers to the political philosophy and policies associated with Ronald Reagan, U.S. president from 1981 to 1989.
The term encompasses free-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation, reduced government spending on social programs, and strong anti-communist foreign policy.
Reaganism dominated Republican politics for decades.
Critics use the term to invoke trickle-down economics and widening inequality.
Decreased government assessments
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- deficit spendingExpenditures funded by debt
monetarism · inflation control · economic recovery · Wall Street · yuppies · budget deficit · trade deficit · economic boom
Former communist superstate
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
Gorbachev · rollback · anti-communism · Reykjavik · proxy wars · Afghanistan · Nicaragua · Contras
Preference for existing institutions
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- supply-side economicsProducer incentives drive growth
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
individualism · capitalism · privatization · fiscal conservatism · traditional values · family values · anti-communism · patriotism
Covert arms-and-rebels affair
- War on DrugsGovernment campaign against illegal substances
- Just Say NoDecline firmly, simply
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
military buildup · tax reform · welfare reform · school prayer · anti-union · defense spending
Tendency to expect good
- gubernatorialOf a governor
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
- Brandenburg GateTriumphal arch in Berlin
tax cuts
Decreased government assessments
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
deficit spending · monetarism · inflation control · economic recovery · Wall Street · yuppies · budget deficit · trade deficit · economic boom · voodoo economics
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- Berlin WallCold War partition
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
Gorbachev · containment · rollback · anti-communism · Reykjavik · proxy wars · Afghanistan · Nicaragua · Contras · détente
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- supply-side economicsProducer incentives drive growth
trickle-down · individualism · capitalism · privatization · fiscal conservatism · traditional values · family values · anti-communism · patriotism · American exceptionalism
Iran-Contra
Covert arms-and-rebels affair
- War on DrugsGovernment campaign against illegal substances
- Just Say NoDecline firmly, simply
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
deregulation · military buildup · tax reform · welfare reform · school prayer · anti-union · defense spending
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- gubernatorialOf a governor
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
- Brandenburg GateTriumphal arch in Berlin
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- far rightfascism, neo-Nazism, neofascism, white supremacy, Nazism
- Neoconservatismneocons, interventionism, regime change, preemptive war, Bush Doctrine
Reaganismsocialism
Communal economic control
Keynesianism · social democracy · democratic socialism · progressivism · Marxism
Reaganismdétente
Easing of strained relations
appeasement · dovishness · peaceful coexistence · disarmament · pacifism