1st Edition

The Conservatives' Economic Policy (Routledge Revivals)

By Grahame Thompson Copyright 1986
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

What happened to economic policy during the first five years of Mrs Thatcher’s government? Most commentators have emphasised the radical changes wrought in economic theory and policy over the period from 1979. The left saw this as heralding the introduction of the social market economy and authoritarian populism, the right saw it as evangelical monetarism and a new beginning. This book, first... Read more

List of Tables and Figures;  Acknowledgements;  1. Introduction  2. The ‘Medium Term Financial Strategy’ and Macro-Economic Regulation  3. The Exchange Rate, Markets and Uncertainty  4. The Supply-Side Within a Macro-Framework  5. Trade and Competition Policy  6. Taxation and Personal Incentives  7. Industrial Policy and De-Nationalization  8. Conclusions;  Postscript;  Index

Biography

Thompson, Grahame