A major crisis?: the politics of economic policy in Britain in the 1990s

1992 General Election accumulation argued attempt balance of payments benefits billion Bonefeld boom Bretton Woods Bretton Woods system Britain British economy budget capital capitalist cent central banks changes competitive Conservative governments Conservative Party currency decline deficits depoliticise deregulation devaluation discipline dollar domestic economic policy election employers Eurodollar Europe European Eurosceptics exchange rate expansionary financial markets fiscal forced global credit global economy government's growth ibid incomes policy increase industrial relations inflation inflationary investment John Major Keynesian labour market Labour Party labour power legislation London Major government Margaret Thatcher McKie monetarism monetarist monetary policy organisation poll tax postwar pound privatisation problems productivity profits public expenditure public sector recession reduce reforms regulation relationship responsibility restructuring rise role social relations speculative pressure spending sterling strategy Thatcher governments trade union undermined unemployment unit labour costs wage welfare Whilst workers