Description |
xi, 231 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Foreword--M.Wolf Preface Introduction--I.McLean & C.Jennings 1964-79--P.Jay Fiscal Policy in the United Kingdom--A.Budd The Use and Abuse of Economics and Social Science with Special Reference to Transport Policy--C.Foster New Labour and New Social Democracy--I.McLean & S.Wood Stability, Growth and Labour's Macroeconomic Policy--E.Balls Macroeconomic Policy: Theory and Institutional Practice--C.Allsopp The United Kingdom as Monetary and Fiscal Union--M.H.Robson Using and Abusing Economic Theory--P.Klemperer Conclusion--C.Jennings & I.McLean Foreword--M.Wolf Preface Introduction--I.McLean & C.Jennings 1964-79--P.Jay Fiscal Policy in the United Kingdom--A.Budd The Use and Abuse of Economics and Social Science with Special Reference to Transport Policy--C.Foster New Labour and New Social Democracy--I.McLean & S.Wood Stability, Growth and Labour's Macroeconomic Policy--E.Balls Macroeconomic Policy: Theory and Institutional Practice--C.Allsopp The United Kingdom as Monetary and Fiscal Union--M.H.Robson Using and Abusing Economic Theory--P.Klemperer Conclusion--C.Jennings & I.McLean |
Summary |
Case studies from the UK which demonstrate when good economic advice does, and conversely, when it does not, assist in the making of good public policy |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 215-227 |
Subject |
Economic policy.
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Executive advisory bodies.
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Policy sciences.
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SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98007090
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United Kingdom -- Economic policy -- 1979-1997.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98007091
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United Kingdom -- Economic policy -- 1997-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98007092
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United Kingdom -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056679
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Author |
Jennings, Colin.
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McLean, Iain.
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LC no. |
2005056595 |
ISBN |
1403994587 (cloth) |
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1403994595 (paper) |
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