| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Crisis, Austerity, and the Neoliberal Turn; Chapter 2: The Architects of Austerity; Chapter 3: The Question of Growth in a Global Economy; Chapter 4: Adjustment in Practice; Chapter 5: The Erratic March of Labour; Chapter 6: Global Finance and the U.S. Growth Agenda; Chapter 7: Guns, Butter, and Gold; Chapter 8: Globalization, Coercion, and the Resiliency of Austerity; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Architects of Austerity argues that the seeds of neoliberal politics were sown in the 1950s and 1960s. Suggesting that the postwar era was less socially democratic than we think, Aaron Major presents a comparative-historical analysis of economic policy in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy during the early 1960s. In each of these cases, domestic politics shifted to the left and national governments repudiated the conservative economic policies of the past, promising a new way forward. Yet, these social democratic experiments were short-lived and deeply compromised. Wh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economic policy.
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International finance.
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Economic development -- Government policy
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Government spending policy.
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Neoliberalism.
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Economic history -- 1945-
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics.
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Economic development -- Government policy
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Government spending policy
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International finance
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Neoliberalism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780804790734 |
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0804790736 |
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