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Inside Thatcher's monetarism experiment : the promise, the failure, the legacy

Lankester, Tim, author

2024

Overview

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher's new government was faced with rampant double-digit inflation, rising unemployment and flatlining economic growth. In response, Thatcher pursued an economic policy which rejected the old orthodoxies and was promoted by only a minority of economists: a policy based on the doctrine of monetarism. Tim Lankester was the private secretary for economic affairs to Thatcher during the early years of her government. His insider's account explains her attitudes and decisions and those of the other main players in this deeply damaging experiment in economic policy making, which promised much but completely failed to deliver. Offering fascinating insights into one of the most unsuccessful episodes of British economic history, he also examines the legacy of monetarism for the economy today.

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Subject: Industry. / Great Britain Economic policy 1979-1997. / Great Britain Economic conditions 1979-1997. / Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997.
• ISBN: 9781447371359

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HC256.65 .L36 2024	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE