The Role of the State in the Financialisation of the UK Economy

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The Role of the State in the Financialisation of the UK Economy

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Open Access Victoria University of Wellington

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This article looks at the role of UK governments in the financialisation of the British economy and its industry. It argues two things. First, the UK state has had a rather more active role here than most observers have acknowledged. Successive governments since the 1970s have not merely abandoned industry, they have handed much of its control to the financial sector. Second, a key part of this policy shift was linked to the rising power of the Treasury and its reshaping of the former Departm...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Journal article

Date created

2016

Creator

Aeron Davis / Catherine Walsh

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_Role_of_the_State_in_the_Financialisation_...

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Political science not elsewhere classified / Political Science & Public Administration / Political Science not elsewhere classified

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