288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Recent years have witnessed radical changes in British economic policy. However, the recession of the early nineties has cast doubts about whether these were successful. The much heralded economic miracle is now much tarnished. This book offers a timely and comprehensive non-technical throughout it analyses the basis of policy making as well as discussing its impact on economic performance.
Preface. 1. From Keynesian Demand Management to Thatcherism. Part 1. Competing Perspectives On The Macroeconomy. 2. The Economy in the 1980's: a Review of the Decade. 3. Britain's Economic Recovery. 4. Britain's Economic Renaissance. 5. The Economy After Ten Years: Stronger or Weaker? 6. An Assessment of Britain's Productivity Record in the 1980's: Has There Been a Miracle? 7. The Conservative Government's`fight against inflation': Ten Years Without Cheers. Part 11 Contemporary Microeconomic Issues. 8. Government Policy, Taxation and Supply-side Economics. 9. Privatisation Ten Years On: A Critical Analysis of its Rational and Results. 10. The Economics of Trade Union Power. 11. New firms: the Key to Employment Creation? 12. Redistribution Under Conservatism: Past and Future. 13. The 'North-South' Divide: Rhetoric and Reality. Bibliography.
Biography
Nigel Healey
`"Chatty" non-technical approach will reduce fears of the subject. No obvious weaknesses.' - S C Hudson, Hall Green Tech College
