Davis Bankruptcy, bubbles and bailouts

The inside history of the Treasury since 1976
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-5978-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Manchester Capitalism

This book argues that it is the Treasury, more than any other institution, public or private, which is responsible for socio-economic disparities in the UK, as well as the Brexit paralysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Aeron

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: The Treasury as saviour?
2 Creative destruction and the road to nowhere: A microeconomists’ story
3 Financialization not neoliberalism: The City’s Trojan Horse enters the Treasury
4 Pseudo-Keynesianism, debt and magic money trees: The financial fixers come to town
5 Visions of Empire and globalisation: Rise of the internationalists
6 The great financial crash and the great failed paradigm shift: A technocrats’ tale
7 Austerity, spin, and the road to Brexit: Posh boys take charge
8 Brexit and Covid postscript: Reckless opportunists gain control
9 Conclusions: An institutional perspective on UK economic history

List of interviewees
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aeron Davis is Professor of Political Communication at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of seven previous books, including Reckless Opportunists: Elites at the End of the Establishment. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, Times Higher Education, the New Statesman, the Guardian and elsewhere.