The Resource Goodbye, Great Britain : the 1976 IMF crisis, Kathleen Burk & Alec Cairncross
Goodbye, Great Britain : the 1976 IMF crisis, Kathleen Burk & Alec Cairncross
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- Summary
- On 4th March 1976 the value of the British pound against the US dollar began to slide in international markets and the Prime Minister James Callaghan turned to the International Monetary Fund for help. This study looks at the crisis and reveals its historical roots and contemporary context.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 268 p.
- Contents
-
- Part 1 The politcs: what's past is prologue; the gathering storm - March-September 1976; October-December 1976; getting rid of the sterling balances. Part 2 The economics: the movement of opinion; the loss of control - the balance of payments; the loss of control - the balance of payments - a. fiscal policy, b. monetary policy, c. incomes policy; comparisons and conclusions. Appendix: the letter of intent
- Isbn
- 9780300057287
- Label
- Goodbye, Great Britain : the 1976 IMF crisis
- Title
- Goodbye, Great Britain
- Title remainder
- the 1976 IMF crisis
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathleen Burk & Alec Cairncross
- Subject
-
- Economics
- Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979
- International Monetary Fund -- Great Britain
- International economics
- Monetary economics
- Monetary policy -- Great Britain
- Society & culture: general
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- c 1970 to c 1979
- Economic history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On 4th March 1976 the value of the British pound against the US dollar began to slide in international markets and the Prime Minister James Callaghan turned to the International Monetary Fund for help. This study looks at the crisis and reveals its historical roots and contemporary context.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burk, Kathleen
- Dewey number
- 332.4941
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG939.5
- LC item number
- .B87 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1911-1998
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Cairncross, Alec
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Monetary policy
- Economics
- Monetary economics
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- c 1970 to c 1979
- Economic history
- Society & culture: general
- International economics
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- International Monetary Fund
- Summary expansion
- 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 1976, the plummeting value of the British pound against the U.S. dollar triggered a traumatic economic and political crisis. International confidence in the pound collapsed; an article in the Wall Street Journal, headlined "Good-bye, Great Britain," urged investors to get out of sterling. Refused aid by the London and New York markets, the Labour Government under Prime Minister James Callaghan was forced to turn for help to the IMF-a highly unusual move for a developed Western economy. Fearing that the economic crisis would drive Britain into a left-wing siege economy which would endanger NATO and the EEC, the United States and Germany used the IMF loan as a means to force Britain to make major domestic policy changes; when the IMF mission arrived in London in November 1976, it was announced that the price for the loan included deep cuts in domestic spending. Burk and Cairncross uncover the maneuvers of the Labour Government to evade IMF conditions. They also examine underlying economic factors, the political agenda, the rise of monetarist ideas, and the Keynesian response. Juxtaposing narrative with analysis, they provide surprising answers to critical questions and reveal how the breakdown of the post-war consensus on the macroeconomic management paved the way for the triumph of Thatcherism
- Label
- Goodbye, Great Britain : the 1976 IMF crisis, Kathleen Burk & Alec Cairncross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-259) and index
- Contents
- Part 1 The politcs: what's past is prologue; the gathering storm - March-September 1976; October-December 1976; getting rid of the sterling balances. Part 2 The economics: the movement of opinion; the loss of control - the balance of payments; the loss of control - the balance of payments - a. fiscal policy, b. monetary policy, c. incomes policy; comparisons and conclusions. Appendix: the letter of intent
- Control code
- BDZ0000185541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 268 p.
- Isbn
- 9780300057287
- Lccn
- 91042929
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (DLC)91042929
- Label
- Goodbye, Great Britain : the 1976 IMF crisis, Kathleen Burk & Alec Cairncross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-259) and index
- Contents
- Part 1 The politcs: what's past is prologue; the gathering storm - March-September 1976; October-December 1976; getting rid of the sterling balances. Part 2 The economics: the movement of opinion; the loss of control - the balance of payments; the loss of control - the balance of payments - a. fiscal policy, b. monetary policy, c. incomes policy; comparisons and conclusions. Appendix: the letter of intent
- Control code
- BDZ0000185541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 268 p.
- Isbn
- 9780300057287
- Lccn
- 91042929
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (DLC)91042929
Subject
- Economics
- Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979
- International Monetary Fund -- Great Britain
- International economics
- Monetary economics
- Monetary policy -- Great Britain
- Society & culture: general
- United Kingdom, Great Britain
- c 1970 to c 1979
- Economic history
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