Assessing the Reagan years

Boaz, David, 1953- (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0932790682 :
ISBN: 9780932790682
ISBN: 0932790690 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780932790699 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
431 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c1988.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / David Boaz -- Part I. Taxing and spending -- Reflections on Reaganomics / William A. Niskanen -- How tight was the Reagan administration's first-term fiscal policy? / Laurence J. Kotlikoff -- The tax reform act of 1986 : Revolution or counterrevolution? / Norman B. Ture -- Origins and effects of the deficit / Mickey D. Levy -- Supply-side success / Richard Rahn -- Part II. Foreign and defense policy -- The Reagan defense budget and program : The buildup that collapsed / Lawrence J. Korb -- Requiem for the Reagan doctrine / Christopher Layne -- Two cheers for SDI / Ted Galen Carpenter -- Reagan's failed restoration : Superpower relations in the 1980s / Earl C. Ravenal -- Making friends in the third world / Doug Bandow -- Part III. Money and banking -- Monetary policy : Monetarism to fine-tuning / William Poole -- Weakening the dollar : The tax no one has to vote for / Jerry L. Jordan -- Financial services regulation : Driven by events / Catherine England -- Part IV. Transfer payments-- Social security : Look at your pay stub / Peter J. Ferrara -- Social welfare policy : A failure of vision / Kevin R. Hopkins -- Health care : The tyranny of the budget / Roger D. Feldman -- Agriculture : Growing government control / Robert L. Thompson -- Part V. Domestic policies -- International trade : Better than Congress / Murray L. Weidenbaum -- Antitrust : An incomplete revolution / James L. Gattuso -- What ever happened to deregulation? / Robert W. Crandall -- Educational schizophrenia / David Boaz -- Energy policies : A few bright spots / Robert L. Bradley, Jr. -- Labor reform : A blip in the radarscope / Morgan O. Reynolds -- What environmental policy? / Fred L. Smith, Jr. -- Part VI. Law and the courts -- The endangered branch : The judiciary under Reagan / Stephen Macedo -- Civil liberties : What ever happened to limited government? / Barry W. Lynn -- One cheer for the Reagan years : Economic liberties and the Constitution / Randy E. Barnett -- Civil rights as a principle versus civil rights as an interest / Clarence Thomas -- Part VII. The Reagan legacy -- A record of success / Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr. -- The intellectual debate / Paul H. Weaver -- Who will lead? / Edward H. Crane.