Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the British government between 1947 and 1961. A former Rhodes Scholar and Oxford don, he was appointed as Director of the Economic Section, first in the Cabinet Office and then in the Treasury. This appointment came at a crucial time in the development of the modern economic state, when governments were taking on responsibility for managing the general course of the economy. This book puts a new slant on the events of these years as well as assessing Hall's role in them.
Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the British government between 1947 and 1961. A former Rhodes Scholar and Oxf...
The high level of unemployment in Britain in the 1980s led many people to believe that it would continue indefinitely, and many arguments were advanced to explain it. After a preliminary examination of the statistics of employment and unemployment in Britain, this book exposes the major factors determining their trends as a basis for considering the likely developments and possible options for the rest of this century. The study covers most of the explanations found in academic debate as well as in popular belief in order to place different causes of unemployment in perspective, weigh their...
The high level of unemployment in Britain in the 1980s led many people to believe that it would continue indefinitely, and many arguments were advance...
The main issues examined in the book are what makes companies vulnerable to recessionary pressures; how companies typically respond to these pressures; how recessionary pressures have been transmitted back into labor markets and what kinds of institutional changes they have induced and, finally, whether recessionary pressures stimulate innovative activity. Having surveyed more than 600 of the U.K.'s leading companies, and made innovative use of microeconomic analysis, the authors are able to provide the most comprehensive answers yet, to this contentious area of economic debate.
The main issues examined in the book are what makes companies vulnerable to recessionary pressures; how companies typically respond to these pressures...
This book is a survey of macroeconomic policy in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, and argues that there were important elements of continuity in the way decisions were actually taken year-by-year and month-by-month in the Treasury and the Bank of England in this period. The book contains a chronological account of policy actions and their setting, a history of ideas, describing the most influential writings of economists in Britain during this period, a look at the influence of the world economy on Britain, and several elements of new statistical analysis.
This book is a survey of macroeconomic policy in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, and argues that there were important elements of continuity in the wa...
