10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH DISEASE»
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British disease in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Enterprise and Heritage: Crosscurrents of National Culture
THE BRITISH DISEASE: IT MEETS BD The 1980s has been the decade in which
British society was diagnosed as ill—suffering from the 'British disease'. Although,
as Peter Scott explains, this metaphor of illness became associated with 'a ...
John Corner, Sylvia Harvey, 2005
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Manufacturing, Technology, and Economic Growth
B. Alford, British Economic Performance, 1945-1975 (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1995), 26. 10. Ibid., 5. 11. G.Allen, The British Disease (London:
Institute of Economic Affairs, 1979), 21. 12. Charles More, The Industrial Age (
New ...
3
Analytical Approaches to Stabilization and Adjustment Programs
The British and European Diseases The British disease is characterized by slow
growth with high inflation. This is. caused when the government prevents real
wage adjustments, in part because of the power of labor unions. This is in fact ...
Cadman Atta Mills, Raj Nallari, 1992
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Intelligent Citizen's Guide to the Postal Problem: A Case ...
In 1976-77 I spent a sabbatical year in London and, although I was not formally
studying the contemporary situation, I was much impressediindeed, depressed~
by evidence of what economists were coming to call “the British disease.
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The Korean Economy: Perspectives for the 21st Century
STIMULATION OF THE ECONOMY AND INVESTMENT POLICY The British
Disease and the Korean Disease As the loss of vigor in the economies of
advanced countries began to evolve into a structural and long-term trend, the
phrase the ...
6
Recreating the Parish: Reproducible Resources for Pastoral ...
56 After all the gross national product continued to augment until the mid-1970s,
a point all too easily ignored by those who spoke of the "British disease."57 Many
privately owned British industries remained efficient - including agriculture, ...
7
Contemporary Britain: A Survey With Texts
One of the most persistent aspects of the discourse on decline is the belief in a '
British disease', a malady whose causes lie deep in British psychology and
British culture. A popular diagnosis of this 'disease' in the 1960s and 1970s was
that ...
8
The Consumer, Credit and Neoliberalism: Governing the Modern ...
This new perspective was evident in George Allen's Hobart Paper, The British
Disease (1976) and in Harris' contribution to the Hobart Paper Can Workers
Manage? (1977), the latter a response from the IEA to the sorts of policies
regarding ...
9
Fictions of State: Culture and Credit in Britain, 1694-1994
and society, a failure Thatcher and her adherents interpret as both cause and
main symptom of "the British disease." THE NATIONALIST construction of
political and historical fictions of state parallels and partially masks the economic
process ...
Patrick Brantlinger, 1996
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British Economic Development Since 1945
Finally, two efforts to explain the British disease in terms of cultural influences
have provoked enormous interest. Both Martin Wiener, English Culture and the
Decline of the Industrial Spirit, Cambridge, 1981, and Correlli Barnett, The Audit
of ...
Alan Booth (Ph. D.), 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH DISEASE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
British disease is used in the context of the following news items.
Osborne banks on cities to cure'British disease'
GEORGE OSBORNE will this week lay out plans to cure the “British disease” — poor productivity — by creating regional business clusters. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
London Heathrow, obviously
ButcombeMan. The British disease (apart from the strikes we used to have), is surely “paralysis by analysis”.. The point I am making is, we have ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Large government lowers economic growth
During this period, the UK's GDP growth rate was 2.2 per cent and there was widespread reference to the 'British disease.' Between 1982 and ... «Financial Express Bangladesh, Jul 15»
Sunny days - UK car makers turnover £69.5bn, consumer …
Even productivity - the new British disease according to many economists - is improving, with each worker now producing an average of 11.5 ... «Management Today, Jun 15»
Animal Spirits: Entrepreneurs are not held back by old school ties
In a way, such gentrification is the British disease, and a kneejerk preference for those educated in fee-paying schools is a symptom of it. «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
Toxic Mix of Booze and Masculinity is Putting Men at Eight Times …
It seems sometimes that alcoholism, binge drinking and drug-taking are thought of as a peculiarly British disease, with the media full of reports ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
Weighing the human cost of industrialization
Bureaucrats begged to differ — not out of concern for the workers' welfare but out of fear of an outbreak of “the British disease” — strikes and ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
A 'Brexit' referendum is now inevitable, but as things stand, Britain …
... improving the economy and generally recovering from the British disease of low growth, inflation and poor productivity endemic at that time. «Democratic Audit UK, May 15»
If a referendum were held today, our poll suggests Britain would stay …
... improving the economy and generally recovering from the British disease of low growth, inflation and poor productivity endemic at that time. «The Conversation UK, May 15»
Fly-tipping disease hits Cannock Chase
A VOLUNTEER who helps keep Cannock Chase tidy has branded fly-tippers "a British disease" after dumpers struck twice in one morning. «Staff Newsletter, Apr 15»
