Voodoo Economics
date: label: date made
content: 1981
label: used date
content: September 18, 1981
name: label: associated person
content: Reagan, Ronald
label: associated institution
content: AFL-CIO
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Haig, Alexander
notes: label: Description
content: A poster used at a Solidarity Day protest on September 18, 1981. The definition of Voodoo economics is, "an economic policy perceived as being unrealistic and ill-advised, in particular a policy of maintaining or increasing levels of public spending while reducing taxation. Voodoo economics was popularized after the term was used by George, H.W. Bush in 1980 to describe Ronald Reagan's economic policies. Reagan's economic policies became known as "Reaganomics."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Haiti
topic: label: general subject association
content: History, Reform Movements, Economic Protest
label: general subject association
content: Economics
label: general subject association
content: labor issues
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
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content: Princeton Posters
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0791.21
label: accession number
content: 1981.0791
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0791.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Handbill
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 10 in; 35.56 cm x 25.4 cm