Planet Money: When Reagan Broke the Unions(npr.org)
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Planet Money: When Reagan Broke the Unions
https://www.npr.org/2019/12/13/788002965/episode-958-when-reagan-broke-the-unions
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>a strike that changed the trajectory of American labor.
It sure did. Tangentially related or not, it's been 40 years of a widening gap between the wealthy and non-wealthy, labor's share vs. investors' share, the cost of tuition, and many more.
It sure did. Tangentially related or not, it's been 40 years of a widening gap between the wealthy and non-wealthy, labor's share vs. investors' share, the cost of tuition, and many more.
I thought it said "plant money" at first glance and thought there was about to be a cs:go metaphor about the whole team getting money from the action of one player.
Carter (who I believe to be a good man, but not a great president) presided over a poor economy. Reagan turned it around in his first term using unorthodox methods called "Reaganomics".
Reagan's ideas supercharged the American economy, making him enormously popular. He won re-election with 49 states, missing only the home state of his opponent. (Reagan did not campaign in Minnesota, he said it wouldn't be sporting to do so.)