The National Debt - Martin Slater

A New Statesman Book of the YearA Financial Times Summer ReadWhile it is central to today's politics, few people fully understand the National Debt and its role in shaping the course of British history. Without it, Britain would not have gained--and lost--two empires, nor won its wars against France and Germany. But Britain has also been moulded by attempts to break free of the Debt, from postwar Keynesian economics to today's austerity. Martin Slater writes a vivid tale coloured with some of the... Zobrazit více