Contemporary U.S. tax policy

Introduction

Tax policy's principles and principals

A summary of contemporary tax changes

The postwar period through 1980

The early Reagan era : 1981

Prelude to major reform : 1982 to 1984

Tax reform and the aftermath : 1985 to 1988

Bush I : "No new taxes?" 1989 to 1992

Clinton and the New Democrats : 1993 to 1996

The new economy : 1997 to 2000

Bush II and compassionate supply-side conservatism

Who won?.