The Rich and Poor Under Reaganomics | Lexual Does The 80s #2
Ronald Reagan has been mythologized as a man who saved the economy, made new millionaires, created new homeowners, solved unemployment, and championed the middle class. What was real and fake? And how was wealth achieved at the expense of the quality of life of the lower class? In this episode of Lexual Does The Eighties, we’ll be discussing the rich and poor under Reaganomics. **84 articles and book sources are listed on my patreon for just $1, along with 39 archival footage videos for further viewing.**
[1980s, 1984 Elections, Trickle down economics, conservatives, government cheese, cocaine, ketchup as a condiment, Leona Helmsley, I Love The 80s. Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, corporate raiding, greed is good, Wall Street, Gordon Gecko, PATCO, unions, starve the beast, Jodi Foster, Miami, cocaine cowboys, Morning again in America, Sandra Day O Connor, Walter Mondale, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson, Malls, privatization, Bruce L. Schulman, Jamaica, What was travel like in the 1980s, Spring Break in 1980s, South Florida Drug Task Force, Colombia, Pablo Escobar, Charles Murray, The Welfare Game]
0:00- 3:08 Ketchup As A Vegetable Controversy
3:10- 3:59 Theme
4:00- 7:01 PATCO Strike
7:02-9:09 Budget Cuts and The Liberal Threat
9:10-11:14 Trickle Down Economics
11:15-13:17 1981 Assassination Attempt
13:18 - 14:09 Immediate Tax Cut Consequences
14:10-16:09 Government Cheese + Poverty
16:10-18:20 The Farm Crisis and Farm Aid
18:21- 20:17 Changes in Employment
20:18-25:52 The Welfare "Choice"
25:53-27:44 Crime and The Theories of Charles Murray
27:45-33:07 Miami and The Cocaine Cowboys
33:08-34:15 The Boom in Tax Shelters
34:16- 36:00 The Booming Stock Market
36:01 - 36:56 The Rise of Leona Helmsley
36:57- 40:51 Doubts About Reagan's First Term
40:52-41:59 Reagan's 1984 Placebo Campaign
42:00-46:05 The 1984 Democratic Contenders
46:06-47:11 The Charm of Ronald Reagan
47:12-48:29 The Presidential Debates
48:30-51:58 Analyzing The 1984 Election Votes
51:59-55:25 Privatization, and like, Shopping
55:26-58:48 New Foods and Tech
58:49-1:00:20 Debt
1:00:21-1:04:34 1980s Travel
1:04:35- 1:05:43 Celebrity Culture
1:05:44-1:06:53 The Fall of Leonna Helmsley
1:06:54-1:07:38 Wall Street Greed Exposed
1:07:39-1:09:04 The Keating 5 and The Savings and Loans Industry Bust
1:09:05-1:10:49 Bruce Springsteen and Conclusion
1:10:50-1:11:21 Credits
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