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Smirnov A. V.
Assistant Professor, Chair of Economics and Economic Thought, St. Petersburg State University, PhD (Economics)
Mis’ko O. N.
Chair of Economics and Economic Thought, St. Petersburg State University, PhD (Economics), Professor

The economic heritage of Ronald Reagan (Russia, St. Petersburg)

The article focuses on the economic policy of the USA in the beginning of 1980s under President Ronald Reagan, discusses economic reforms implemented at this period and describes the key aspects of economic deregulation, including the theory of supply as the basis of the economic philosophy of the time. The author argues that the inhibition of economic growth could be overcome only trough market regulation, activities of private structures and competition with the minimal role of the state. The article discusses the major results and ambiguities of “Reaganomics”

Key words: «Reaganomics», economic growth, state expenses, economic politics, economic deregulation, welfare state

Pages: 237 - 242

Литература
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Сноски
1 Meltzer Allan H. Economic policies and actions in the Reagan administration// Journal of Post Keynesian Economics/Summer 1988, Vol. X, No. 4. — P. 532.
2 Мотылев В.В. Программы президентов США: очерки экономической политики, 1933–2004 г. г. / В. В. Мотылев, В. Б. Моттл. — Сан-Франциско: [б. и.], 2006. — С. 54.
3 President Reagan’s Economic Legacy: The Great Expansion Joint Economic Committee Staff Report Office of the Chairman, Connie Mack October 2000. — р.42.
4 Stein, Herbert, Presidential economics : the making of economic policy from Roosevelt to Reagan and beyond / Herbert Stein. — p. 49.
5 Золотых В.Р. «Консервативная волна» и социальная политика Р. Рейгана. (США в 1970–80-е гг.): учебное пособие. — Ижевск: Изд-во «Удмуртский университет», 2013. — C.34.
6 Золотых В.Р. Попытки реформирования американской системы государственного вспомоществования в 1980-е годы администрацией Р. Рейгана // Вестник удмуртского университета. 2010. Вып. 3. — С. 138.
7 Charles E. Jacob Reaganomics: the revolution in American political economy// Law and Contemporary problems. Vol. 48: No. 4. 1985. — P. 12.
8 Brownlee E. W., Graham H. D.(Eds.) The Reagan Presidency. Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies. Kansas City, 2003. Р. 17.
9 Birnbaum N. After Progress. American Social Reform and European Socialism in the Twentieth Century. Oxford, 2001. р.87.
10 President Ronald Reagan’s economic policies. URL: https://www.thebalance.com/president-ronald-reagan-s-economic-policies-3305568 (дата обращения: 17.02.2019)

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