May 24th, 2007

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TGP reading update 5

Happened to pick up the 1984 issue of the Political Quarterly and there are a number of papers of interest:
On the Falklands, a useful post-general election perspective:
Christie, C. (1984) ‘The British left and the Falklands war’, Political Quarterly, 55 (3), pp. 288-307.
In the same issue, an early discussion of the appeal of social market ideas […]

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RSSD reading update 3

On economic policy and performance since 1997, and published to coincide with the plethora of end of Blair assessments, see the deeply sceptical:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (2007) Fantasy island: waking up to the incredible economic, political and social illusions of the Blair legacy. London: Constable & Robinson.
Recently published and providing a very broad […]

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CdB reading update 5

Just published in the new journal, Cliometrica, an update of Maddison (1991, ch 4):
Maddison, A. (2007) ‘Fluctuations in the momentum of growth within the capitalist epoch’, Cliometrica, 1 (2), pp. 145-75.
On economic policy and performance since 1997, and published to coincide with the plethora of end of Blair assessments, see the deeply sceptical:
Elliott, L. and […]

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TL reading update 15

As the Blair end-of-regime assessments come in thick and fast we must note:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (2007) Fantasy island: waking up to the incredible economic, political and social illusions of the Blair legacy. London: Constable & Robinson.
which is an update on their:
Elliott, L. and Atkinson, D. (1998) The age of insecurity. London: Verso.
which […]

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