The Tyranny of Nostalgia : Half a Century of British Economic Decline / Russell Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Russell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Great Britain--History.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : London Publishing Partnership, [2023]

Summary:

This book describes and interprets the economic and political history of the past half a century, examining the challenges confronted by successive governments and their chancellors, the policies employed for good or ill, and - running through it all - the desperate search for a panacea that could arrest the nation's relative decline and return the country to its supposed former glories.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. A Very Social Science

Chapter 2. Losing the Plot

Chapter 3. The Barber Boom and Bust - and Beyond

Chapter 4. Counter-Revolution

Chapter 5. Blemished Renaissance

Chapter 6. Humiliation Gives Way to the 'NICE Decade'

Chapter 7. New Labour, New Keynesianism

Chapter 8. Blair, Brown and the Great Moderation

Chapter 9. The Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession

Chapter 10. Poisoned Chalice

Chapter 11. Theory and Policy in the Wake of the GFC

Chapter 12. Flawed Recovery

Chapter 13. The Brexit Referendum and Its Aftermath

Chapter 14. Decline and Fall

Main Sources and Further Reading.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781913019808

1913019802

9781913019815

1913019810

OCLC:

1373985761