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Reynolds, former economics editor of National Review, described supply-side theory as the revival of classical ideas of 18th century economics, which contrast with the neo-Keynesian economics of the past few decades...
...youthful energy that massive taxcuts and comprehensive deregulation could unleash, a spirit of enterprise and discipline that would signal the awakening of a new America. Crackpots, more conventional economists called them, but the three set their nets out and fished for disciples, drawing in with ease the school of neo-conservatives, ripe for policies that put to test their surmises that an unequal distribution of society's rewards best served its interests. Congressman Jack Kemp took off his football helmet and preached of his countrymen's spirit for hard work, one which the across-the-board tax cuts he proposed...
Although the movement that feeds this violence is still minuscule, membership in groups with a distinct neo-Nazi ideology jumped from 1,400 to 1,800 in the past year, according to federal officials. Paradoxically, the increase is occurring at a time when political support for right-wing extremist groups has plummeted. The Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (N.P.D.), the only legal ultraright party, won 1.4 million votes, or 4.3% of the total, in 1969. In last year's national elections, it polled an alltime...
...neo-Nazis, who come largely from working-class backgrounds and are fervent nationalists, prefer more random acts of violence aimed at creating a climate of fear and gaining publicity...
...West Germany really believes that a tiny, albeit violent, core of neo-Nazis endangers the country's democracy. Yet a nation that remains haunted by its past cannot be complacent. Erwin Scheuch, a professor of sociology at the University of Cologne, acknowledges that the neo-Nazis are a negligible lot, but he adds, "We cannot afford to be blind in the right...