{"product_id":"austerity-politics-and-uk-economic-craig-berry-9781137590091","title":"Austerity Politics and UK Economic Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCraig Berry assesses UK economic policy in the wake of the financial crisis through the lens of the austerity agenda, focusing on monetary policy, economic rebalancing, industrial and regional policy, the labour market, welfare reform and budgetary management. He argues that austerity is geared towards a resurrection of financialisation and the UK's pre-crisis economic model, through the transformation of individual behaviour and demonisation of the state. Cutting public spending and debt in the short term is, at most, a secondary concern for the UK policy elite. However, the underlying purpose of austerity is frequently misunderstood due to its conflation with a narrow deficit reduction agenda, not least by its Keynesian critics. Berry also demonstrates how austerity has effectively dismantled the prospect of a centre-left alternative to neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craig Berry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137590092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137590091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 6.05w x 0.50d","brand":"Craig Berry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087681990911,"sku":"9781137590091","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a9d07f8-6403-4b81-8e24-63b8ec8698d3.jpg?v=1769100812","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/austerity-politics-and-uk-economic-craig-berry-9781137590091","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}