Inside the Department of Economic Affairs - Samuel Brittan, the Diary of an 'irregular', 1964-6

Zusatztext The diary has been expertly edited by Roger Middleton, who contributes a most valuable introduction that provides the background to the making of economic policy. Informationen zum Autor Professor Roger Middleton, AcSS has the chair in the history of political economy and is head of the School of Humanities at the University of Bristol. He is the author of a number of works on British economic policy, performance and the history of economic thought since the late nineteenth century. He is currently working on a variety of projects, on neo-liberalism in Britain, of which Brittan's diary is one of a number of publications on the theme of 'Brittan on Britain'; on economic policy in the 1930s; and is also the founding general editor of the British Historical Statistics Project which will produce a multi-volume and online successor to Mitchell's British Historical Statistics. He is Reviews Editor, Economic History Review. His books have won awards: twice CHOICE outstanding book (for my 1996 and 1998 books). He has been honoured as Academician of the Social Sciences (AcSS). Klappentext An insider's account of the Wilson government from the perspective of Sir Samuel Brittan, an economic journalist who went on to become one of Britain's most influential commentators. It provides a unique account, both of what went wrong in economic policy, and also why activist economic policies are so difficult to deliver effectively in Britain. Zusammenfassung An insider's account of the Wilson government from the perspective of Sir Samuel Brittan, an economic journalist who went on to become one of Britain's most influential commentators. It provides a unique account, both of what went wrong in economic policy, and also why activist economic policies are so difficult to deliver effectively in Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Department of Economic Affairs 1: Introduction 2: The Significance of the DEA 3: The Origins of the DEA 4: The DEA and the Institutions of Economic Policy 5: Brittan and the DEA 6: Postscript Samuel Brittan, The Diary of an Irregular, 1964-6 Appendices I: Dramatis Personae II: DEA Ministers and Senior Officials III: Calendar of Key Events IV: Contemporary Economic Statistics and Later Revisions ...

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• Authors: Samuel Brittan, Roger Middleton
• Assisted by: Roger Middleton (Editor), Roger (Professor of the History of Political Economy and Head of the School of Humanities Middleton (Editor), Middleton Roger (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.2012
• EAN: 9780197265000
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726500-0
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Records of Social and Economic; Records of Social and Economic History; Records of Social and Economic History; Records of Social and Economic
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, Political Economy, c 1960 to c 1969, Central / national / federal government, Central government