Yes but not the way you think , Reagan actually killed the whole commodities market bankrupting the average North American Farmer in the process and of course creating the Corporate Farm culture we have today , the biggest drain on the Russian economy was actually 10 years of unwinable war in Afghanistan , so yes history is repeating itself , your economy tanked , the banks got bailed out , congress just enabled another dump of corporate debt and repealed the act that was supposed to keep the banks in check and prevent another dump and collapse -read the riders to the budget that just passed before you reply Lead .