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President Reagan's Conservative Fiscal Policy Unemployment Among African Americans

by: Okoye, Chiazam Ugo

President Reagan's Conservative Fiscal Policy Unemployment Among African Americans

by: Okoye, Chiazam Ugo

ISBN 13:
9780761831006
ISBN 10:
0761831002
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/16/2006
Publisher: UPA

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Summary

President Reagan's Conservative Fiscal Policy explores how the Reagan administration's (1981-1988) fiscal policy changed the national economy and adversely impacted unemployment among African Americans.

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Acknowledgments

Abstract

xiii

Introduction

(6)

Reagan's Political Ideology, Agenda, and Strategy

(18)

Reagan's Political Ideology: The Origin of Reagan's Conservative Values

(2)

Reagan's Political Ideology Transformation

(3)

Reagan's Political Agenda

(3)

The Reagan Elections

(3)

1980 Election

(2)

1984 Election

(1)

Reagan's Political Strategy for Controlling Domestic Policy Process

(4)

Notes

(2)

Unemployment Theory and Government Policy

(29)

Causes of High Unemployment Rate

(5)

Education

(2)

Theory of Unemployment

(3)

Classical Theory

(1)

Marxian Theory

(1)

Keynesian Theory

(1)

Trade Unionism

(1)

Equilibrium Theory

(1)

Federal Government Policies Designed to Solve the Unemployment Problem

(17)

Cyclical Unemployment Programs

(1)

Structural Unemployment Programs

(3)

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)

(3)

CETA and Federalism

(2)

The Death of Public Service Employment (PSE)

(1)

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)

(3)

JTPA: Political Images, Myths, and Ideologies

(4)

Notes

(2)

Fiscal Policy and Reaganomics

(25)

Supply-Side Theories and Assumptions

(2)

Economic Theories

(5)

Adam Smith

(1)

Jean Baptiste Say

(1)

The Keynesian Theory

(3)

Reaganomics and Federalism

(4)

New Federalism

(1)

Classical Theory of Federalism

(2)

Public Choice Theory of Federalism

(1)

Fiscal Policy

(10)

New Federalism and Federal Budget

(4)

Tax Reform

(1)

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA)

(2)

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)

(2)

Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA)

(1)

Notes

(3)

Unemployment Among African Americans

(49)

Fiscal Policy Implications for African Americans

(1)

Reagan's New Ethics of Fiscal Control and Fiscal Support

(3)

African American Unemployment and Employment Rates

(4)

Pre-Reagan, Reagan and Post-Reagan (Bush) Periods of National Employment and Unemployment Levels for African Americans

(4)

Regional Employment and Unemployment Rates

(7)

African American Income and Poverty Level

(13)

Effect on Income

(4)

Effect on Family Income

103

(9)

Poverty

112

(1)

Notes

112

(16)

The Plight of African Americans

128

(1)

Factors Determining the African American and Unemployment Rates

117

(7)

Aggregate Demand

117

(1)

Labor Market Explanation

117

(2)

Education and Training

119

(1)

School Enrollment

120

(1)

Industrial Structure

121

(1)

Population Size

121

(1)

Residence

122

(1)

Wage

122

(1)

Poverty

123

(1)

Discrimination

123

(1)

The Decline in Relative Earnings among African American Youths in the 1980s

124

(4)

Notes

128

(1)

Conclusion

128

(7)

Bibliography

135

(10)

Index

145

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President Reagan's Conservative Fiscal Policy Unemployment Among African Americans

President Reagan's Conservative Fiscal Policy Unemployment Among African Americans

9780761831006

0761831002

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