Reflections on monetarism
Subtitle: Britain's vain search for a successful economic strategy
By: Tim Congdon.
Publisher: E. Elgar Institute of Economic Affairs; Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Monetary policy -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1979-1997.
Description: "The last 20 years have seen severe macro-economic instability in Britain, with three extreme and highly damaging boom-bust cycles. Professor Tim Congdon, one of the City's most well-known commentators, has been an influential critic of successive governments' failures in economic policy throughout this period. Reflections on Monetarism brings together his most important academic papers and journalism, including his remarkably prescient series of articles in The Times from 1985 to 1988 forecasting that the Lawson credit boom would wreck the Thatcher Government's reputation for sound financial management. He presents a powerful argument that the root cause of Britain's economic instability has been the volatile growth of credit and the money supply. Reflections on Monetarism recommends that in the future Britain must maintain more stable monetary growth."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographica references and index.