The first comparative study of the politics of policy innovation in the field of unemployment. The contributors provide a thorough and lucid analysis of past government failures, and look to possible future strategies

Argues that change in the energy base and hence in technology has enabled Britain to overcome an energy crisis and sustain dramatic population growth. Throughout these essays illustrate Thomas' organic approach to economic growth

This study of Britain's economic and political relationship with its tropical colonies provides detailed analyses of trade and policy. The considerations of past successes and failures elucidate current opportunities and developments

This book offers a timely and comprehensive assessment of changes in British economic policy, casting doubts about the much heralded 'economic miracle' in the face of the continuing recession in the early 1990s

A collection of Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They demonstrate a keen insight into the changing role of the economist and the transformation of the economic landscape

The Decline of Industrial Britain 1870-1980 examines why the British economy has grown more slowly than the economies of the United States, Germany, Japan, Canada, France, and Italy since 1870, and why the British standard of living has fallen in relation. The first synthetic account of...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Part I: The Elements of Internal Control in Banks and Financial Institutions -- 1. The Role of Internal Control in the Meta-Regulation of Financial Institutions -- A....

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Quantity Theory of Money -- 2. From the Quantity Theory to Monetarism -- 3. The Methodology of Testing Economic Theories -- 4. The Evidence on Monetarist Claims -- 5. Has Monetarism Failed? -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G --...