Applying the Dismal Science: When Economists Give Advice to Governments (Hardcover)

List of Figures and Tables Foreword; M.Wolf Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Public Finance, Public Choice and Political Economy; I.McLean & C.Jennings 1964-79; P.Jay Fiscal Policy in the United Kingdom; A.Budd The Use and Abuse of Economics and Social Science with Special Reference to Transport Policy; C.Foster New Labour and New Social Democracy; I.McLean Stability, Growth and Labour's Macroeconomic Policy; E.Balls Macroeconomic Policy: Theory and Institutional Practice; C.Allsopp The United Kingdom as Monetary and Fiscal Union; M.H.Robson Using and Abusing Economic Theory; P.Klemperer Conclusion; C.Jennings & I.McLean References Index