USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -His economic policies called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and the deregulation of domestic markets. These policies were introduced in response to a prolonged period of economic stagflation that began under President Gerald Ford in 1976.

Detailed explanation-2: -The pillars of Reagan’s economic policy included increasing defense spending, balancing the federal budget and slowing the growth of government spending, reducing the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reducing government regulation, and tightening the money supply in order to reduce inflation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over the eight years of the Reagan Administration: 20 million new jobs were created. Inflation dropped from 13.5% in 1980 to 4.1% by 1988. Unemployment fell from 7.6% to 5.5%

Detailed explanation-4: -The “stagflation” and “malaise” that plagued the U.S. economy from 1973 through 1980 were transformed by the Reagan economic program into a sustained period of higher growth and lower inflation. In retrospect the major achievements of Reaganomics were the sharp reductions in marginal tax rates and in inflation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The US experienced mixed consequences. On the one hand, the real GDP improved by 26% (above 1980 figures), from 13.5%, inflation was brought down to 4.1%, and unemployment dropped from 7.6% to 5.5%. But, on the opposite spectrum, the rich became richer. Tax savings were not used for job creation.