u/Aqua_Fucker

I’m trying to understand the historical context of “Reaganomics” in the 1980s. What policies are typically included under this term and how much of their development and implementation can be attributed directly to Reagan himself versus his advisors, congress, or broader Republican economic ideology at the time?

Also how do historians assess the economic effects of these policies in both the short term and the decades that followed? Do they draw connections between these policies and longer term economic trends in the US?

I’m interested in the historical consensus behind some claims made on The Daily Show:

“Muslims invented algebra, hospitals, universities, the camera, even algorithms..."

How accurate are the claims in this quote? I'd love to learn more about Islamic history, so I'm very curious.