To what extent did conservatism in the 1980’s impact the United States Social, Economic and political policies? In the 1980’s after the Carter administration the economy was in stagflation/shock people stopped spending and businesses starting loosing money day in and day out. The concern that Ronald Reagan dealt with was the fear of the United States economy was steadily declining and eventually many people would be without jobs because of the low demand for goods. Reagan introduced an economic policy known as Reaganomics or supply side economics, which reduced taxes and allowed money to be pumped through the economy creating business and allowing people to be hired which then results in the need for jobs to then increase. Prior to the