Like all transformative movements, the Reagan revolution lost its way because for many followers it became an unimpeachable ideology, not a pragmatic response to the excesses of the welfare state.

• 像所有的变革运动一样，“里根改革”迷失了自己的方向，因为对于许多追随者来说它成为了一种无懈可击的意识形态，而不是对于过度福利国家的经验反应。