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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783870003321

Autore

Roy Ravi K. <1969, >

Titolo

Fiscal policy convergence from Reagan to Blair : the left veers right / / Ravi K. Roy and Arthur T. Denzau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-34702-2

0-429-23055-9

0-415-75870-X

1-134-34703-0

1-280-07454-X

0-203-35795-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 53

Altri autori (Persone)

DenzauArthur

Disciplina

339.5/2/0941

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - United States

Fiscal policy - Great Britain

United States Economic policy

Great Britain Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Policy ideas and partisan convergence; Paradigms, coalitions, and directional shifts in economic policy; Deficit reduction and tax reform in the Reagan  Thatcher era; Deficit reduction and tax reform under Clinton and Blair; Summary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The elections of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair in the 1990s saw the consolidation and completion of critical aspects of the Reagan-Thatcher fiscal agenda. This impressive book critically analyzes this process. It has been previously thought that this process of adopting common fiscal policies was caused by economic integration and globalization, Fiscal Policy From Reagan to Blair reveals a much more comprehensive explanation - one that includes domestic factors. Whether fiscal policy conversion is seen as a good or a bad thing, this



book shall unite both left and right in better explain