Product Description

In order to reach a balanced assessment of the evidence, historians must engage with all of the debate. This text introduces the reader to economic and quantitative analysis. Roger Middleton makes an assessment of the questions that dominate both the historical and the political debate. He aims to dispel many of the myths and misunderstandings about Britain's decline and exposes the weaknesses in the arguments of those who seek scapegoats for the causes of economic underperformance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #804622 in Books
• Published on: 2000-02-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

About the Author
ROGER MIDDLETON is Reader in the History of Political Economy at the University of Bristol and the author of the award-winning book: Government versus the Market.

Customer Reviews

Hmmm... kind of hard to understand
I bought this book as it was the recommended text for a module I was doing in my economics course. I gave this book a rating of two-stars mainly because I found it hard to follow due to the language and the way the author assumes you have some prior knowledge of economics and also because the secion on policy effectiveness wasn't detailed enough (this was the main reason I bought it - I needed information from that section to complete the asignment).

So you should buy this book if you're studying first year economics and the lecturer insists you buy this text or you have a good understanding of economics and would like to further your knowledge or need specific figures.

Or if you're like me and are not brilliant at economics and the language they use, I would recommend reading a text like Understanding economic policy by Maurice Mullard instead. It's an older book but contained everything and more you need to know. I have even used it for modules in my second year.