Decline to fall : the making of British macro-economic policy and the 1976 IMF crisis / [electronic resource]
by Wass, Douglas, Sir.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 374 p.).ISBN: 9780191715884 (ebook) :.Subject(s): International Monetary Fund | Monetary policy -- Great Britain | Financial crises -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1964-1979 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1964-1979Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Written by the former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, Sir Douglas Wass, 'Decline to Fall' traces the unusual events of the 1976 IMF crisis which saw the UK government accept a massive loan from the IMF. Using a wealth of documentation, he questions the inevitability of the crisis and the measures taken to resolve it.
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Written by the former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, Sir Douglas Wass, 'Decline to Fall' traces the unusual events of the 1976 IMF crisis which saw the UK government accept a massive loan from the IMF. Using a wealth of documentation, he questions the inevitability of the crisis and the measures taken to resolve it.
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