First edition, first impression. 120pp, [2]pp, plus 8pp of coloured charts.. In a library hand cover binding over original paper wraps. 8vo. Covers a little toned around edges, with shelf wear, and scuffed around spine. An ex university library copy with usual library markings on front endpapers and small stamp and minor annotations on the copyright page, and small stamp on last leaf of text, call number label on spine. Other than library markings, internally neat, clean and bright. Firmly bound and tight.
A collection of penetrating, analytical essays on the economic challenges facing the UK during the oil crisis of the mid 1970s. Contributors include leading 20th century economists such as Sir John hicks, Lord Kahn, Sir Alec Cairncross and Alan Walters, the latter of whom was to become Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the early 1980s. They address in turn issues such as monetarism, the oil crisis, the social contract, interest rates, industrial investment, consumerism etc.
