Survival Capitalism and the Big Bang - Culture, Contingency Capital in Making of 1980s Financial Revolution

Survival Capitalism is a cultural history of the 1980s financial revolution. It ranges in scope across the Thatcher government, the Bank of England, London Stock Exchange and member firms, and Lloyd's of London. It offers timely new perspectives on the City of London's Big Bang reforms as the Conservatives contemplate Big Bang 2.0 in the 2020s.

About the author

Emma Barrett is an Arts and Law Teaching Fellow and Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Birmingham

Summary

Survival Capitalism is a cultural history of the 1980s financial revolution. It ranges in scope across the Thatcher government, the Bank of England, London Stock Exchange and member firms, and Lloyd’s of London. It offers timely new perspectives on the City of London’s Big Bang reforms as the Conservatives contemplate Big Bang 2.0 in the 2020s. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Emma Barrett, Barrett Emma
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781526167880
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6788-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: New Perspectives on the Right
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Banking, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Politics & government, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1989