Gordon Pepper

Inside Thatcher's Monetarist Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative inside account of the origins, successes and failures of monetarism in Britain. Gordon Pepper provides a portrait of early monetarism in the UK, explains its growing appeal in the 1970s and assesses the outcome of monetarism under Thatcher, from his own perspective as a 'fly on the wall'. He provides a comprehensive guide to macroeconomic forecasting and its policy implications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-72012-7
• 1998
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780333720127
• ISBN-10: 0333720121
• Artikelnr.: 42302740

Inhaltsangabe

Summary - Foreword - Introduction - PART 1: HOW THE MONETARISTS CAME TO POWER - Early Monetarism in the UK - Greenwell's Monetary Bulletin - Fly on the Wall during the Thatcher Revolution - The Politics of Money Supply Targets - PART 2: THE VALIDITY OF MONETARISM: Economic Forecasts in the 1970s and 1980s - Brief History of Macroeconomic Models - The Accuracy of Routine Forecasts - Major Events - The Record of the Large Models - A Monetarist Forecast - PART 3: REFINEMENTS, FURTHER EVIDENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS - The 'Liverpool Six' - Current State of Knowledge - The Forecasts of Other Monetarists - Conclusions and Policy Implications - References - Index