Presidents:

Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977; completed Nixonís term)

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
 
 

Rise of the New Right

Political realignment in the South

Evangelical Protestantism

The Rev. Pat Robertson

Moral Majority ­ founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell in 1979

"Neoconservatives" ­ Irving Kristol, The Public Interest, Commentary, National Review.

"Supply-Side Economics"

Jude Wanniski, The Way the World Works (1978); Arthur Laffer

Think tanks ­ American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute
 
 

Reaganomics

David Stockman, Director, Office of Budget & Management

Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

Omnibus Budget & Reconciliation Act of 1981

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker