Economic Forecasting, Monetary Policy, Economic Policy - Great Britain, Economic Policies in Europe, Great Britain - Economic History
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Overview
This book starts with the history of monetarism in the UK in the early 1970s,, then focuses on commentaries from Alan Walters, now Sir Alan, who became Mrs. Thatcher's personal economic adviser when she was prime minister; Brian Griffiths, now Lord Griffiths, who became head of the prime minister's Policy Unit; and the author, who stayed in the private sector and became joint senior partner of the stockbrokers W. Greenwell & Co. and, later, chairman of Greenwell Montagu.Editorials
Booknews
Pepper (banking and finance, City U. of Business School, London) sets the stage for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's monetarist revolution in the 1980s, with a brief history of the monetarists' ascension to power and a defense of the validity of their economic models<-->particularly the Greenwell approach (advanced in the edited by the author). Extensive appendices supply economic forecast data (re: inflation, recession, and GDP growth) and their track record. Glossary. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1998
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pages
245
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312210403