Reaganite
Supply-side economics supporter
A Reaganite is a supporter or adherent of Ronald Reagan's political philosophy, characterized by free-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation, strong national defense, and social conservatism.
The term applies both to those who backed Reagan during his presidency and to later conservatives who invoke his legacy: Reaganites in the party pushed for supply-side reforms.
As an adjective, it describes policies or positions aligned with this ideology: Reaganite economics.
Cautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- anti-communismOpposition to Marxist ideology
patriotism · individualism · traditionalist · supply-side · trickle-down · neoliberalism · libertarian · federalism
Opposition to Marxist ideology
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- NicaraguaCountry with capital Managua
- ContrasNicaraguan anti-government fighters
- Iran-ContraCovert arms-and-rebels affair
Grenada · NATO · hardline · interventionism · rollback · hawkish · Gorbachev
Production-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- monetarismEconomic focus on currency regulation
laissez-faire · free-market · entrepreneurship · investment · prosperity · competition · incentives
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals
- Iran-ContraCovert arms-and-rebels affair
- CarterOne who carts
- landslideMass of earth falling
Thatcher · trickle-down · optimism · deficits
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- RepublicanGOP party member
- right-wingPolitically conservative faction
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
anti-communism · patriotism · individualism · traditionalist · supply-side · trickle-down · neoliberalism · libertarian · federalism · pro-life
anti-communism
Opposition to Marxist ideology
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- NicaraguaCountry with capital Managua
- ContrasNicaraguan anti-government fighters
Iran-Contra · Grenada · NATO · hardline · interventionism · rollback · hawkish · Gorbachev
supply-side
Production-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
monetarism · laissez-faire · free-market · entrepreneurship · investment · prosperity · competition · incentives
1980s
Fourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals
- Iran-ContraCovert arms-and-rebels affair
- CarterOne who carts
landslide · Thatcher · trickle-down · optimism · deficits
Reaganiteprogressive
Favoring reform and innovation
leftist · socialist · liberal · democratic socialist · left-winger