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Goodbye, Great Britain : The 1976 IMF Crisis /

In this authoritative and gripping book-the first full account of the 1976 International Monetary Fund crisis-Kathleen Burk and Alec Cairncross peel back the surface of the most searing economic crisis of postwar Britain to reveal its historical roots and contemporary context. During the spring of 1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burk, Kathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
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  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: 'Goodbye, Great Britain'
  • PART I: THE POLITICS
  • 1 What's Past is Prologue
  • 2 The Gathering Storm: March-September 1976
  • 3 The Crisis Breaks: October-December 1976
  • 4 Getting Rid of the Sterling Balances
  • PART II: THE ECONOMICS
  • 5 The Movement of Opinion
  • 6 The Loss of Control: The Balance of Payments
  • 7 The Loss of Control: Domestic Economic Policy
  • 8 Comparisons and Conclusions
  • Appendix. The Letter of Intent
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index