Advice for a New President

Wall Street Journal by George P. Shultz | Nov. 16, 1980 (Opinion)

Editor's note: The following are excerpts from a Nov. 16, 1980 memo to President-elect Ronald Reagan from his Coordinating Committee on Economic Policy. Its title: "Economic Strategy for the Reagan Administration." The memo describes an era similar to our own in its economic problems and public anxiety, laying out a strategy to address them. The complete memo can be read at OpinionJournal.com. A related editorial appears nearby.


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