The 80's Greatest

America learns to feel good about itself again, kick-starting a decade of innovation, challenge and change.

A new breed of rebel entrepreneur takes the counter culture over; in the White House the Reagan Revolution is almost stopped in its tracks.

Wall street is doing well; drug use and CEO salaries skyrocket during this time; women struggle with sexism in the workplace.

America leaves recession and falls in love with retail therapy.

America goes "Back to the Future" when President Reagan is in office, and plucky individuals tackle AIDS and the Cold War.

At the end of the 1980s, American pop culture goes global and helps bring down the Iron Curtain, leaving the U.S. as the world's sole superpower.