The Treasury and British Public Policy, 1906-1959
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780198207078
Subjects: Central government policies; Economic history; Economic systems; Governmental Income And Expenditure; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Development - Economic Development; Europe - Great Britain - General; Business & Economics / Economic Development; History / Great Britain; History : Europe - Great Britain - General; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Economic Policy; Great Britain; Great Britain.; History; Treasury
Description: "This history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century. It explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the central department in British government, the Treasury plays a key role in decisions on public expenditure, and on raising taxes and loans. Professor Peden traces the development of the Treasury's responsibility for managing the national economy and looks at how it became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War.

In further examining the relations between ministers and their official advisers, this history explores the growing influence of economists in Whitehall."--Jacket.