Austerity politics and UK economic policy / Craig Berry.
2016
JN238
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Title
Austerity politics and UK economic policy / Craig Berry.
Author
Berry, Craig, author.
ISBN
9781137590107 (electronic book)
1137590106 (electronic book)
9781137590091
1137590106 (electronic book)
9781137590091
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
JN238
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.941
Summary
Craig Berry assesses UK economic policy in the wake of the financial crisis through the lens of the austerity agenda, focusing on monetary policy, economic rebalancing, industrial and regional policy, the labour market, welfare reform and budgetary management. He argues that austerity is geared towards a resurrection of financialisation and the UK's pre-crisis economic model, through the transformation of individual behaviour and demonisation of the state. Cutting public spending and debt in the short term is, at most, a secondary concern for the UK policy elite. However, the underlying purpose of austerity is frequently misunderstood due to its conflation with a narrow deficit reduction agenda, not least by its Keynesian critics. Berry also demonstrates how austerity has effectively dismantled the prospect of a centre-left alternative to neoliberalism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 21, 2016).
Series
Building a sustainable political economy.
Palgrave pivot.
Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Austerity and Growth
2. Financialisation and the Property-Owning Democracy
3. Industrial Decline and the Myth of Rebalancing
4. Welfare Retrenchment and the Perversion of Full Employment
5. Deficit Reduction and Budget Irresponsibility
6. What's Left?
7. Conclusion
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2. Financialisation and the Property-Owning Democracy
3. Industrial Decline and the Myth of Rebalancing
4. Welfare Retrenchment and the Perversion of Full Employment
5. Deficit Reduction and Budget Irresponsibility
6. What's Left?
7. Conclusion
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