Directions: The political cartoon below depicts President Ronald Reagan's economic

policy. Use the cartoon to answer any questions that follow.

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Which economic approach, popular during the administration of President Ronald

Reagan (1981-1989), is illustrated in this cartoon?

Trickle-down

War on poverty

Laissez-faire

Pump priming

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Trickle-down

Explanation:

Trickle-down was an economic policy advocated by President Ronald Reagan, who sought to favor big businessmen by increasing the physical benefits to these companies. This provided a high economic profit for strong entrepreneurs in society.

For Reagan, if big companies were favored and improved their economy, this would reflect across society in different ways. However, many people criticized this policy, saying that the Trickle-down would favor the wealthy in a big way, while the poor and middle class people were in a very weak economic situation and would literally need the "crumbs" of the upper classes.

d) a constitutional amendment

the correct answer is to reduce tax