ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|40 pages

FROM KEYNESIAN DEMAND MANAGEMENT TO THATCHERISM

Nigel M.Healey

part |2 pages

Part I COMPETING PERSPECTIVES ON THE MACROECONOMY

chapter 2|14 pages

THE ECONOMY IN THE 1980s

A review of the decade

chapter 3|15 pages

BRITAIN’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Geoffrey Maynard

chapter 4|19 pages

BRITAIN’S ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE

Kent Matthews

chapter 5|18 pages

THE ECONOMY AFTER TEN YEARS

Stronger or weaker?

part |2 pages

Part II CONTEMPORARY MICROECONOMIC ISSUES

chapter 8|23 pages

GOVERNMENT POLICY, TAXATION AND SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS

Phil Robins

chapter 9|21 pages

PRIVATISATION TEN YEARS ON

A critical analysis of its rationale and results

chapter 10|16 pages

THE ECONOMICS OF TRADE UNION POWER

chapter 11|16 pages

NEW FIRMS

The key to employment creation?

chapter 12|14 pages

REDISTRIBUTION UNDER CONSERVATISM: PAST

Past and future

chapter 13|15 pages

THE ‘NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE’

Has regional policy failed?