Reaganomics

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: rā'gə-nŏmʹĭks
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌreɪɡəˈnɑmɪks/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌreɪɡəˈnɒmɪks/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪks

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).
   • 1982 January 3, Jonathan Fuerbringer, “Reaganomics: The Report Card for 1981, and the Prospects”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2012, David L. Smith, The Predicament:

     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.”

Related terms

• Lincolnomics, Hoovernomics, Trumanomics, Kennedynomics, Johnsonomics, Nixonomics, Fordonomics, Carternomics, Bushonomics, Clintonomics, Obamanomics, Trumponomics, Bidenomics
• Reaganesque
• Reaganism
• Rogernomics
• Thatchernomics

 

Translations

economic idea

• Finnish: reaganismi
• Polish: reaganomika (pl) f
• Spanish: reaganomía f

Anagrams

• ergomaniacs