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Duncan Needham - Expansionary Fiscal Contraction: The Thatcher Government´s 1981 Budget in Perspective - 9781107042933 - V9781107042933
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Expansionary Fiscal Contraction: The Thatcher Government´s 1981 Budget in Perspective

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Description for Expansionary Fiscal Contraction: The Thatcher Government´s 1981 Budget in Perspective hardcover. This unique collection recasts a critical episode in post-war British economic history with profound implications for today's policy makers. Editor(s): Hotson, Anthony; Needham, Duncan. Num Pages: 251 pages, 9 b/w illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
In its 1981 Budget, the Thatcher government discarded Keynesian counter-cyclical policies and cut Britain's public sector deficit in the depths of the worst UK recession since the 1930s. Controversially, the government argued that fiscal contraction would produce economic growth. In this specially commissioned volume, contributors examine recently released archives alongside firsthand accounts from key players within No. 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury and the Bank of England, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of this critical event in British economic history. They assess the empirical and theoretical basis for expansionary fiscal contraction, drawing clear parallels with contemporary debates on austerity ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107042933
SKU
V9781107042933
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Ref
99-20

About Duncan Needham
Duncan Needham is a Research Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge and Associate Director of the Centre for Financial History at Newnham College, Cambridge where he works on contemporary UK economic history. Before returning to academia, he worked as a credit trader at JP Morgan and then as a structured credit portfolio manager at Cairn Capital. Dr Needham lectures in Economic ... Read more

Reviews for Expansionary Fiscal Contraction: The Thatcher Government´s 1981 Budget in Perspective
'The arduous process of economic policy-making on the run is wonderfully exposed in this volume on the famous 1981 Budget. The reader is taken into the corridors of Great George Street and into the Faculties of Economics and should come away realising just how hard it is to do this stuff right.' Jagjit Chadha, University of Kent 'Budgets have redefined ... Read more

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