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The '''Reagan Era''' or '''Age of Reagan''' is the name historians apply to the last 30 years. Scholars left and right are reaching a consensus on the issue, with conservatives pleased and liberals grudgingly conceding.
The '''Reagan Era''' or '''Age of Reagan''' is the name historians apply to the last 30 years. Scholars left and right are reaching a consensus on the issue, with conservatives pleased and liberals grudgingly conceding.
Five factors were at work. First the failure of liberalism in the 1970s stunned and silenced liberals, who wer already under heavy pressure from the far left. Second, that failure energized a new conservative coaliytion involving the Religious Right, the business community, and Americans alarmed by the decline in Ameria's global position. Third, Reagan appeared at the right time with the right skills to mobilize conservatives, and lead the nation --and Congress--to support for his wide-ranging policies. Fourth, the policies worked, as the nation's great enemy the Soviet Union collapsed and vanished, and the economy at home surged forward. And finally the policies reflected the new national mode and thus became a permanent fixture that was largely accepted by moderate Democrats, especially President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
Five factors were at work. First the failure of liberalism in the 1970s stunned and silenced liberals, who were already under heavy pressure from the far left. Second, that failure energized a new conservative coaliytion involving the Religious Right, the business community, and Americans alarmed by the decline in Ameria's global position. Third, Reagan appeared at the right time with the right skills to mobilize conservatives, and lead the nation --and Congress--to support for his wide-ranging policies. Fourth, the policies worked, as the nation's great enemy the Soviet Union collapsed and vanished, and the economy at home surged forward. And finally the policies reflected the new national mode and thus became a permanent fixture that was largely accepted by moderate Democrats, especially President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
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