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Decline to fall : the making of British macro-economic policy and the 1976 IMF crisis
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Decline to fall : the making of British macro-economic policy and the 1976 IMF crisis

Author: Douglas Wass, Sir
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the events leading up to the UK seeking a massive loan from the IMF in 1976 which almost precipitated a financial crisis on a par with those of the 1930's and early post War period. Sir Douglas Wass, who was permanent Secretary to the Treasury at the time, provides a unique first hand account of the events that took place as the crisis unfolded  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Douglas Wass, Sir
ISBN: 9780199534746 0199534748
OCLC Number: 181928599
Description: xxv, 374 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Preface; Glossary; 1. Setting the Scene "The Railway Timetables"; 2. Marking Time; 3. Policy Changes; 4. The Markets Take Over; 5. The Crisis Resolved; 6. Some Conclusions.
Responsibility: Douglas Wass.
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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  Read more...

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...this volume breaks new ground...exceptionally detailed account as to how economic policy developed between 1974 and 1976...a number of aspects of Wass's account are significant and surprising... Read more...

 
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