Home > Authors > Feldstein, Martin S. > American economic policy in the 1980s

American economic policy in the 1980s

Feldstein, Martin S.

Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 reflected widespread public discontent with high inflation, rising personal taxes, and increasing government spending. Committed to reversing the economic trends of the 1960s and 1970s, Reagan sought to bring about essential changes in the American economy through smaller government and decreased spending on domestic programs. His election marked a return to traditional market-oriented ideas and a shift away from the Keynsian economics that defined the postwar decades. The policy changes he introduced included reallocation of public spending and serious reforms in the tax system. Taxes were lowered and inflation was brought down, but the changes also produced a spiraling government debt. The sharpest post-World War II recession preceded nearly eight years of strong economic growth. In American Economic Policy in the 1980s, policy makers in the Reagan...

See on librarything

Recent activity

Rate this book to see your activity here.

21 Books Similar to American economic policy in the 1980s by Feldstein, Martin S.

Bookscovery readers who liked American economic policy in the 1980s also like Accumulated pension collars, Allocating payroll tax revenue to personal retirement accounts to maintain social security and the payroll tax rate and Aspects of global economic integration. How many of these have you read?

American economic policy in the 1980s

Feldstein, Martin S.

Recent activity

21 Books Similar to American economic policy in the 1980s by Feldstein, Martin S.

Accumulated pension collars by Feldstein, Martin S.

Allocating payroll tax revenue to personal retirement accounts to maintain social security and the payroll tax rate by Feldstein, Martin S.

Aspects of global economic integration by Feldstein, Martin S.

Balancing the goals of health care provision by Feldstein, Martin S.

Behavioral responses to tax rates by Feldstein, Martin S.

Behavioral simulation methods in tax policy analysis by Feldstein, Martin S.

Budget deficits, tax incentives and inflation by Feldstein, Martin S.

Can state taxes redistribute income? by Feldstein, Martin S.

Capital income taxes and the benefit of price stability by Feldstein, Martin S.

Capital taxation by Feldstein, Martin S.

College scholarship rules and private saving by Feldstein, Martin S.

Corporate tax integration by Feldstein, Martin S.

Debt and taxes in the theory of public finance by Feldstein, Martin S.

Designing institutions to deal with terrorism in the United States by Feldstein, Martin S.

Did wages reflect growth in productivity? by Feldstein, Martin S.

Domestic savings and international capital flows by Feldstein, Martin S.

Econometric studies of health economics by Feldstein, Martin S.

Economic analysis for health service efficiency by Feldstein, Martin S.

Economic and financial crises in emerging market economies by Feldstein, Martin S.

Economic and financial crises in emerging market economies by Feldstein, Martin S.

Empirical foundations of household taxation by Feldstein, Martin S.

Comments and reviews of American economic policy in the 1980s