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Despite these violent disagreements about the future, there is at least some agreement about the past decade. It began in a distinctly gloomy atmosphere known as stagflation: double-digit inflation combined with growth rates of 2% or less. Cigar-chomping Paul Volcker, then the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board...
Ronald Reagan never made any secret of his distaste for affirmative action -- the attempt to remedy past discrimination by giving preferential treatment to minorities. Last week, only days after Reagan left office, his goal of reining in such programs got a major boost from the Supreme Court. By a 6...
The airlines are leery about reining in the programs because earlier attempts to do so provoked customer fury and threats of lawsuits. That is one reason United announced its plan so far in advance: it will not take effect until July 1, 1989. But now that the leading carrier has...
In any case, the summit will give Americans a close-up look at the Soviet leader: in addition to meeting with Reagan five times in the Oval Office, he is scheduled to confer with congressional leaders and intellectuals and hold a televised news conference before he and his wife Raisa...
The tax cuts were accompanied by a substantial increase in federal spending, despite Reagan's campaign promises about reining in the Government. During the Administration's first term, total federal spending jumped 26%, to $852 billion in fiscal 1984. The biggest item was defense, reflecting the President's view that...