Britain's Economic Miracle : Myth or Reality?.

By: Healey, NigelMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2002Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203418482Subject(s): Electronic books. -- local | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1979-1997 | Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1979-1997 | Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Britain's Economic Miracle : Myth or Reality?DDC classification: 338.941 LOC classification: HC256.5 -- .B695 1993ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- FROM KEYNESIAN DEMAND MANAGEMENT TO THATCHERISM -- Competing perspectives on the macroeconomy -- THE ECONOMY IN THE 1980s: A REVIEW OF THE DECADE -- BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE -- THE ECONOMY AFTER TEN YEARS: STRONGER OR WEAKER? -- AN ASSESSMENT OF BRITAIN'S PRODUCTIVITY RECORD IN THE 1980s: HAS THERE BEEN A MIRACLE? -- THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT'S 'FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION': TEN YEARS WITHOUT CHEERS -- Contemporary microeconomic issues -- GOVERNMENT POLICY, TAXATION AND SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS -- PRIVATISATION TEN YEARS ON: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS RATIONALE AND RESULTS -- THE ECONOMICS OF TRADE UNION POWER -- NEW FIRMS: THE KEY TO EMPLOYMENT CREATION? -- REDISTRIBUTION UNDER CONSERVATISM: PAST AND FUTURE -- THE 'NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE': HAS REGIONAL POLICY FAILED? -- References -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Contributors -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- FROM KEYNESIAN DEMAND MANAGEMENT TO THATCHERISM -- Competing perspectives on the macroeconomy -- THE ECONOMY IN THE 1980s: A REVIEW OF THE DECADE -- BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY -- BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE -- THE ECONOMY AFTER TEN YEARS: STRONGER OR WEAKER? -- AN ASSESSMENT OF BRITAIN'S PRODUCTIVITY RECORD IN THE 1980s: HAS THERE BEEN A MIRACLE? -- THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT'S 'FIGHT AGAINST INFLATION': TEN YEARS WITHOUT CHEERS -- Contemporary microeconomic issues -- GOVERNMENT POLICY, TAXATION AND SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS -- PRIVATISATION TEN YEARS ON: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ITS RATIONALE AND RESULTS -- THE ECONOMICS OF TRADE UNION POWER -- NEW FIRMS: THE KEY TO EMPLOYMENT CREATION? -- REDISTRIBUTION UNDER CONSERVATISM: PAST AND FUTURE -- THE 'NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE': HAS REGIONAL POLICY FAILED? -- References -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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