Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through: The surprising story of Britain's economy from boom to bust and back again

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Gone were the days when free trade, the gold standard and balanced budgets were crucial to the flourishing economy and, as the author points out, politicians didn’t meddle. Guardian political columnist John Harris hosts a cast of voices from up and down the country as well as across the political spectrum to analyse the week’s political news.

Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through by Duncan Weldon

Wolff is a weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D.For a nation immersed in the traditions of entrepreneurial innovation and ambitious start-up companies, it’s surprising how little space economic history seems to occupy in the minds of the general population.

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With a laissez- faire government, Britain was the wealthiest country in the world in c1900 but it was not to last. Furthermore, for all the talk about food security, Britain continue to export huge amounts of beef South America and bacon from Denmark during WW1 and 11.

Some of these do definitely stand out in his history, like the importance of political and social context, and how constant economic debate has been over the years. I was expecting a bit more given the focus in the intro on path dependence on the institutions (BoE, HMT) that have tried to steer it.