To what extent has the British economy declined compared to its competitors and what are the underlying reasons for this decline? Nicholas Crafts, one of the world's foremost economic historians, tackles these questions in a major new account of Britain's long-run economic performance. He argues...

"The book traces Britain's path from the first Industrial Revolution and global economic primacy through its subsequent long-term decline, the strengths and weaknesses of the Thatcherite response, and the improvement in relative economic performance that was sustained to the eve of the financial...

The Scottish economy : background and context / Ken Gibb, Des McNulty, Duncan Maclennan, Michael Comerford -- Key historical trends in the Scottish economy / Jim Tomlinson -- The contemporary landscape of the scottish economy / David Bell -- Fiscal matters / John McLaren -- The changing Scottish...