Treasury and British Public Policy 1906-1959

Zusatztext Peden handles a mass of material in a masterly way ... he has a gently ironic style with a great talent for apt quotation. Klappentext This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century. It explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the key department in British government, the Treasury developed growing responsibility for managing the national economy and became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War. The author examines the relations between ministers and their official advisers, and the growing influence of economists in Whitehall. Zusammenfassung This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century as it explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the central department in British government, the Treasury plays a key role in decisions on public expenditure, and on raising taxes and loans. Professor Peden traces the development of the Treasury's responsibility for managing the national economy and looks at how it became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War. In further examining the relations between ministers and their official advisers, this history explores the growing influence of economists in Whitehall.

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• Authors: G C Peden, G. C. Peden, G. C. (Professor of History Peden, George C. Peden, Peden G. C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.03.2000
• EAN: 9780198207078
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820707-8
• No. of pages: 596
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Economic history, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies