The Reagan Effect: Economics and Presidential Leadership - Hardcover

"A valuable addition to the debate on the legacy of the Reagan presidency."--Library Journal"Essential reading for any historian or political scientist interested in the Reagan presidency."--American Politics Review "Transcending ideological bias, Sloan has written an utterly convincing history of the Reagan Revolution. Sloan's Reagan is a detached and uninformed leader who adopted a supply-side economics that did not work, who championed a conservative ideology that he regularly violated, who accelerated growing inequality without moral qualm, and who avoided hard choices in the mistaken belief that none was necessary. Nonetheless, Sloan lucidly argues, Reagan contributed significantly to the low inflation and revived competitiveness that delivered the remarkable prosperity of the past fifteen years. A must read."--Allen J. Matusow, author of Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votes"A meticulous, balanced, and revealing book about a controversial subject."--Chester J. Pach Jr., author of The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower "An important contribution to political debate in the United States."--James P. Pfiffner, author of The Strategic Presidency

Transcending ideological bias, Sloan provides an utterly convincing history of the Reagan Revolution. He reveals Reagan to be a detached and uninformed leader who adopted a supply-side economics that did not work, who championed a conservative ideology that he regularly violated, who accelerated growing inequality without moral qualm, and who avoided hard choices in the mistaken belief that none was necessary. Nonetheless, Sloan lucidly argues, Reagan contributed significantly to the low inflation and revived competitiveness that delivered the remarkable prosperity of the past fifteen years.