Austerity Politics and UK Economic Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy
Release date:	June 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Craig Berry
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	116
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-59009-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Promotions
LSN:	1-137-59009-2
Barcode:	9781137590091

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