Women, the state and the family in the US: Reaganomics and the experience of women

Reaganomics is the term used to describe a broad array of policies advocated by the Reagan administration which have the goal of restructuring the United States economy. These policies (which have had varying degrees of success) are intended to ‘discipline’ labour, redistribute income toward high income individuals and capital, reduce the government deficit, and return many government services and functions to the ‘free’ market.