Fiscal Policy Convergence from Reagan to Blair: The Left Veers Right (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy, 53)

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Summary: The Left Veered Right
Review: The seemingly ever rightward tilting fiscal policies of both USA & UK continued from their beginnings under Thatcher and Reagan, emerging victorious from the theoretical challenges of the Clinton and Blair regimes to a position of perhaps unassailable strength today.

I really enjoyed reading this book, which charts the fiscal policy convergence on both sides of the atlantic. It often pays off to read something like this to remind yourself just how much things have changed since 1979.

The writing quality surprised me the most, having expected a dry, arid description of fiscal policy, I was delighted to find that the book was lucidly written in a fairly accessible style that meant it was finished and ready to be re-read after a day or so - always a good sign!