1st Edition
Whatever Happened to Monetarism? Economic Policy Making and Social Learning in the United Kingdom Since 1979
By Michael J. Oliver
Copyright 1997
202 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1997, this volume responds to the Conservative intention of conducting economic policy along monetarist lines after winning the General Election in May 1979. Michael J. Oliver argues that the monetarist strategy was rejected for several reasons during the 1980s, including the recession of the early 1980s, the change in attitude to the role of the exchange rate and disagreements... Read more
1. Social Learning and Policy Transfer. 2. A Failure of Keynesianism? 3. Towards a New Economic Policy: the 1970s. 4. False Start and Policy Confusion: 1979-83. 5. From Monetarism to Pragmatism: 1983-86. 6. The Return to Discretion: 1986-92. 7. Learning from the Past?
Biography
Oliver, Michael J.
’I am very glad that I have read this book... I recommend it to others’ Professor Gordon Pepper, City University Business School. ’An excellent, informed, and highly lucid summary of the macroeconomic developments since 1979’ Professor Kenneth Weiher, Prof of Economics, University of Texas, San Antonio ’Oliver’s study is greatly to be welcomed....’ Economic History Review
