History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2254 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Voodoo Economics
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The idea
During the Republican primaries of nineteen eighty, George H. W. Bush had called supply-side theory voodoo economics, the anchor and the Yawp both record.
In practice
The phrase coming from the rival who became Reagan's vice president.
Where people slip
The course names the critic because the anchor does: the doubt came from inside Reagan's own party.
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