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Seeking a premier economy : the economic effects of British economic reforms, 1980-2000 /
In the 1980s and 1990s successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the world, m...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2004.
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| Series: | NBER Comparative labor markets series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In the 1980s and 1990s successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the world, marked by transformed welfare and industrial relations systems and broad privatization. Virtually every industry and government program has been affected by the reforms, from hospitals and schools to labor unions and jobless benefit programs. Seeking a Premier Economy focuses on the labor and product. |
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| Item Description: | "The papers were presented at a preliminary conference and a final conference at the Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK"--Page ix |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 510 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780226092904 0226092909 9780226092843 0226092844 |