Volume 28, Number 1 · February 5, 1981
Reagan and the Real America
By Emma Rothschild
Mr. Reagan has an imposing vision of the country that he is to lead. He sees an inherent America—an America which is white, and male, and industrial—and a project, of economic growth, by which this reality can be born again. He sees a 'spirit' which is 'still there, ready to blaze into life' if we 'stimulate our economy, increase productivity, and put America back to work.'[1] But his America no longer exists. The pursuit of his vision may lead to an economic crisis and a level of unemployment in comparison with which the events of 1975 and 1980 will appear as the merest disturbances of the compassionate state.
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