02230nam a2200265 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001500069020001800084040001700102041000800119050002500127082002000152100003400172245009400206246004300300260004700343300004700390500007600437504006600513505039100579520094200970651005201912BJBSDDR20230410103752.0ta060907s1993 cou eng  a0813319145 a9780813319148 bspacBJBSDDR aeng14aHC 256.6 bJ66g 199300a338.941/009/0481 aJohnson, Christopher, d1931-14aThe grand experiment : bMrs. Thatcher's economy and how it spread /cChristopher Johnson3 aEconomy under Mrs. Thatcher, 1979-1990 aBoulder, CO :bWestview Press,c1993  axiv, 341 pages : billustrations ; c20 cm aOriginally published: London, England ; New York : Penguin Books, 1991. aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [319]-330) and index. a1. Economic growth: can one succeed without really trying? -- 2. Inflation: the monetarist experiment that was never tried -- 3. Public expenditure: the enemy country -- 4. Taxation: piecemeal reform of the system -- 5. Privatization: progress on some fronts -- 6. Industrial performance: miracle or mirage? -- 7. Labour: the market that didn't work -- 8. Conclusions: the curate's egg. aFirst published in 1991. In this volume, the author states that is not an economic history or 'an economic analysis, although it draws upon both disciplines. However, it is an attempt at political economy. It surveys the economic policies of the Thatcher Conservatives, from their intellectual origins in Opposition to their formulation in government papers and their implementation through three terms of office. It seeks to judge the appropriateness of the policies, the competence of their execution and the degree of their success in achieving the desired effects. Johnson confirms that possible alternative policies are not discussed in detail, and we can now never know how they would have turned out. Appraisal of the Thatcher Government's policies, however, inevitably implies something about what the alternatives might have been, particularly those alternatives that members of the Government themselves seriously contemplated. 4aGran Bretaña xPolítica económica y1945-