Between 1980 and 1987, President Reagan reduced the total number of regulations issued by federal agencies, dropping the number of pages in the Federal Register from 74,000 to 49,600. This effort is otherwise known as

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The effort mentioned is known as deregulation, which refers to the reduction or elimination of government regulations and rules that businesses and industries must follow. This is achieved through measures such as reducing the number of regulations, simplifying requirements, and reducing the cost of compliance. The other options, such as deficit reduction, retrenchment, and contraction, do not accurately describe Reagan's efforts to reduce regulations.

Between 1980 and 1987, President Reagan Reduced the Total Number