Reagan and the Welfare State

Reagan and the Welfare State

Neither Eisenhower nor Nixon nor Ford tried to tamper with the welfare state initiated by Roosevelt. In fact, all of them extended it to a significant extent. Now, almost 50 years after its inception, the growth of the welfare state has been arrested, and the Reagan administration makes major attempts to dismantle significant parts of it. What accounts for this change?

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