History A-Level
Supply-side economics
What Supply-side economics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Supply-side economics
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Reagan's economic programme, which cut the top marginal income tax rate from 70% to 28% and reduced federal spending on social programmes.
Topics that use Supply-side economics
- Republican dominance and its opponents, 1981–92 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Budget deficit
- Bush's 1990 tax rise
- Economic and social inequality
- Gender and equality
- Media influence and fragmentation
- Political polarisation
- Political representation and activism
- Race and ethnicity in American society
Using Supply-side economics in the exam
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