Understanding the UK economy

Author(s)

• Curwen, Peter J.
• Gowland, David

Bibliographic Information

Understanding the UK economy

edited by Peter Curwen ; contributors, David Gowland ... [et al.]

（Macmillan texts in economics）

Macmillan, 1990

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An examination of the main historical trends of the UK economy and the changes of the 1980s and a look at how the economy will develop into the 1990s. The book is aimed at economics and business students.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 The macroeconomy, B.Sedgwick and P.Curwen: national accounts
• national income and output, 1977-87
• investment
• personal income, consumption and saving
• economic performance
• inflation
• supply-side economics. Part 2 The financial system, P.Curwen: financial intermediation
• classifying financial intermediaries
• the Bank of England
• the banking sector
• non-bank financial intermediaries
• money markets
• capital markets
• "big bang" and its aftermath
• investor protection
• financial intermediation in the future. Part 3 Spending, taxing and borrowing, P.Curwen: public expenditure
• the overall tax burden
• fiscal drag
• the tax system
• the EC and tax harmonisation
• the budget
• the public sector borrowing requirement. Part 4 External transactions, P.Curwen: the system of balance of payment accounts
• the structure of the accounts
• the accounts in retrospect
• competitiveness
• area composition of UK visible trade
• commodity composition of UK visible trade
• exchange rates
• is there a balance of payments crisis?
• the international monetary system
• the international debt crisis
• the desirability of intermediate targets
• direct controls on credit
• are budget surpluses beneficial? Part 5 External relations, P.Curwen: the single european market
• the european monetary system
• protectionism
• reciprocity
• general agreement on tariffs and trade. Part 6 The labour market, B.McCormick: introduction to trade unions
• the legal framework
• education and training
• employment
• unemployment
• issues in pay determination. Part 7 Welfare, inequality and poverty, P.Marshall: inequality and income distribution
• the concentration of wealth
• poverty and income maintenance
• the response from the system. Part 8 Industry and policy, K.Hartley & N.Hooper: theory and industrial policy
• the economics of regulation and regulatory policy
• competition policy
• ownership
• subsidy policy
• technology policy
• public purchasing. Part 9 Macroeconomic policy, D.Gowland & S.James: a framework of analysis
• methods of monetary control
• the 1950s and 1960s - the age of demand management
• the 1970s
• the 1980s - the Thatcher years
• the policy in action
• the decline in Keynesianism
• Friedman's critique
• new classical and radical Keynesian alternatives
• financial policy in the ascendent.

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Details

• NCID: BA10441877
• ISBN:
  • 0333511042
  • 0333511050
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 359 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC256.6
  • DC20 : 330.941
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Great Britain. Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1945-
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11579472