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Up for Debate: Reaganomics Devastating stagflation signaled the exhaustion of Keynesian economics in the 1970s and contributed to President Jimmy Carter's loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980. With Reagan's blessing, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker tightened the money supply by raising interest rates to unprecedented levels, sparking a recession but effectively taming inflation.
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George Shultz |
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Milton Friedman |
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Richard Gephardt |
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John Kenneth Galbraith |
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