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Derek Thompson: Ronald Reagan Raised Taxes in a Recession, Too

[Derek Thompson is a staff editor at Atlantic Business, where he writes about economics, business and technology. Derek has also written for BusinessWeek and Slate.]

I do not agree with most things written by Amity Shlaes, the right's resident historical revisionist....[S]he's blaming FDR's tax policy for the 1937 double dip and warning that letting parts of the Bush tax cuts expire will do the same...

[A] reason to think she might be wrong is that Reagan raised taxes in a recession, too. In 1982, with unemployment near 10 percent, President Ronald Reagan signed TEFRA....
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