William Keegan

Nine Crises (eBook, ePUB)

Fifty Years of Covering the British Economy from Devaluation to Brexit

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collapsing pound, spiralling oil prices, near-rationing of electricity... over the past half-century, Britain's economy has lurched from one crisis to another, though it somehow always survives or at least it has done until now.

Veteran financial journalist William Keegan has seen it all, from the 1967 devaluation to the three-day week, from Black Wednesday to the global financial crash of 2007-08. In a career that has seen him hop from Fleet Street to the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street and back again, he has nurtured connections with Chancellors of the Exchequer, Governors of the Bank of England, influential economists and Fleet Street legends.

Now, in this lively and wide-ranging account, he takes us on a tumultuous journey through the past fifty years of our economic history and looks ahead to explain why Brexit poses the biggest existential threat the British economy has yet faced.

Peppered with anecdotes and memories from the author's illustrious career,Nine Crises offers a fresh insight into Britain's past, present and future for economic expert and novice alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785903939
• Artikelnr.: 54795915

Autorenporträt

William Keegan is associate editor and economics editor of The Observer. A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, he has previously held posts with the Financial Times, Daily Mail and Bank of England Economic Intelligence Department. He has sat on a range of advisory committees, including the BBC Advisory Committee on Business and Industrial Affairs, the Employment Institute Council and the Department of Economics Advisory Board, University of Cambridge. He is visiting Professor of Journalism at Sheffield University and is the author of a variety of successful books.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Cambridge, Fleet Street and the Bank of England
Part II: The Nine Crises Economic Background to the Crises
1. 1967: Devaluation: Before and After 2. 1973: The Oil Crisis and the
Three-Day Week 3. 1976: The IMF Crisis 4. 1979-82: Sadomonetarism and
Thatcher Recession 5. 1983-89: Lawson Boom and Bust, and Fallout with
Thatcher 6. 1992: Black Wednesday 7. 2007-09: Financial Crash 8. 2010-16:
Osborne's Austerity 9. 2016: Referendum and Threat of Brexit
Part III: Observer Interviews with Chancellors of the Exchequer, 2006-07
Afterword and Acknowledgements
Index