Applying the Dismal Science When Economists Give Advice to Governments

Name: Applying the Dismal Science When Economists Give Advice to Governments
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ISBN: 9781403994592

ISBN-10: 1403994595

ISBN-13: 9781403994592

Edition: 2006

Authors: Iain McLean, Colin Jennings, Iain Mclean

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This collection brings together some of the most eminent social scientists to have advised the British government since 1964. Successive chapters show what went wrong in UK economic policy in the 1960s and 70s and how things are today.

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Limited
Publication date: 12/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 231
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Foreword



Preface


Notes on Contributors



Introduction: Public Finance, Public Choice, and Political Economy




1964-79




Fiscal Policy in the United Kingdom




The Use and Abuse of Economics and Social Science with Special Reference to Transport Policy




New Labour and New Social Democracy




Stability, Growth, and Labour's Macroeconomic Policy




Macroeconomic Policy: Theory and Institutional Practice




The Untied Kingdom as Monetary and Fiscal Union




Using and Abusing Economic Theory



Conclusion



References


Index