Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Consumer Credit and Neoliberalism written by Christopher Payne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8. It demonstrates that influential economists, such as F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman, authors at key British think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Policy Studies, and important political figures of the Thatcher and New Labour governments shared a similar conception of the consumer. For neoliberals, the idea that consumers were weak in the face of businesses and large corporations was almost offensive. Instead, consumers were imagined to be sovereign agents in the economy, whose consumption decisions played a central role in the construction of their human capital and in the enabling of their aspirations. Consumption, just like production, came to be viewed as an enterprising and entrepreneurial activity. Consequently, from the early 1980s until the present day, it was felt necessary that banks should have the freedom to meet the borrowing needs of consumers. Credit rationing would be a thing of the past. Just like businesses, consumers and households could use debt to expand their stock of personal assets. By utilizing the method of French philosopher Michel Foucault this book provides an original analysis of the policy ideas and political speeches of key figures in the New Right, in government and at the Bank of England. And it addresses the key question as to why policy-makers both in Britain and the United States did little or nothing to stem rising consumer and household indebtedness, instead always choosing to see increasing house prices and homeownership as a positive to be encouraged.
Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hire Purchase and Instalment Habit written by Roy E. Maskell and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journal of the Institute of Bankers written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hayek A Collaborative Biography written by R. Leeson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth volume examines his time in Vienna and Chicago (1931-1950), when Hayek held the prestigious University of London Tooke Professorship of Economic Science and Statistics. Between Vienna and Chicago (1931-1950), although his business cycle work was apparently defeated, this study takes a closer look at Hayek's successes.
Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases
Download or read book The Politics of Consumer Credit in the UK 1938 1992 written by Stuart Aveyard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as the 1930s, Britain had a highly innovative and profitable mortgage sector that promoted a major extension in home ownership. These controversial and risky offerings had an equivalent in numerous hire purchase agreements, with which new homes were furnished. Such developments were forerunners of the 'easy credit' regime more commonly associated with the 1980s. Taking a long-term perspective on this issue indicates that Britain's departure from European models of consumer credit markets was not simply a by-product of neoliberalism's influence on the Thatcher administration, and this book offers a much fuller explanation to the phenomenon. It explores debates within and between the major political parties; reveals the infighting amongst civil service departments over management of consumer demand; charts the varying degrees of influence wielded by the Bank of England and finance capital, as opposed to that of consumer durable manufacturers; reviews the perspectives of consumers and their representatives; and explains the role of contingency and path dependency in these historical events. The central focus of this book is on consumer credit, but this subject provides a case study through which to explore numerous other important areas of British history. These include debates on the issues of post-war consensus, the impact of rising home ownership and its impact on consumer credit and personal finance markets, the management of consumer society, political responses to affluence, the development of consumer protection policy, and the influence of neoliberalism.
Download or read book The Market Makers written by Peter Scott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inter-war Britain saw a boom in 'mass markets' for consumer durables, such as new suites of furniture, radios, and electrical and gas appliances, while items like refrigerators, telephones, and automobiles didn't reach the mass market until the 1950s. Peter Scott explores these 'market makers' and how US innovations influenced British markets.
Download or read book Banking and Finance written by John F Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the development of banking regulation in Scotland, the role of commercial banking on the functioning of the British corporate economy, the impact of British monetary policy on small firm growth, and the politics of corporate governance. Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis that will be valuable reading across the social sciences
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography on Relations Between Government and Industry in Britain 1960 82 written by Stephen C. Young and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chambers s Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Calendar written by London School of Economics and Political Science and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mill and Liberalism written by Maurice Cowling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-26 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When first published in 1963, this interpretation of Mill's thought caused much controversy.
Download or read book Consumer Credit Law in Australia written by Stephen W. Cavanagh and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1988 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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