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Reaganomics

UK/ˌreɪɡəˈnɒmɪks//ˌreɪɡəˈnɑmɪks/

Reaganomics noun: the neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis).

Noun

Reaganomics (uncountable)

  1. The neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis).
    • Many opponents of Reaganomics, in fact, don't contend that the program can't work over the long run. But they argue that the program can not work the way the President promised and that the resulting social cost isn't worth it.1982 January 3, Jonathan Fuerbringer, “Reaganomics: The Report Card for 1981, and the Prospects”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • However, until the wheels came off the wagon in 2008, no doubt existed as to the efficacy of Bush's Reaganomics redux in feathering the nests of his wealthy “base.”2012, David L. Smith, The Predicament

Origin of Reaganomics

Blend of Reagan + economics, equivalent to Reagan + -nomics.

Words that rhyme with Reaganomics

Questions about Reaganomics

What does Reaganomics mean?
Reaganomics means the neoliberal, free market economic ideas and policies of the American president Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his two administrations (1981–1989), with a focus on reduced government spending, taxation, and regulations (supply-side economics) and granting potential benefits and encouragement to wealthy people and businesses in particular to drive the rest of the economy (trickle-down hypothesis).
What part of speech is Reaganomics?
Reaganomics is a noun.
How do you pronounce Reaganomics?
Reaganomics is pronounced /ˌreɪɡəˈnɑmɪks/ (US).

Words near Reaganomics in the dictionary

  1. Reaganian
  2. Reaganism
  3. Reaganisms
  4. Reaganite
  5. Reaganites
  6. Reaganomics
  7. reagant
  8. reagants
  9. reagencies
  10. reagency
  11. reagent

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