{"product_id":"9781137590091","title":"Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research \u0026 Policy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBuilding a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research \u0026amp; Policy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBerry, Craig\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig Berry assesses UK economic policy in the wake of the financial\ncrisis through the lens of the austerity agenda, focusing on monetary policy,\neconomic rebalancing, industrial and regional policy, the labour market,\nwelfare reform and budgetary management. He argues that austerity is geared\ntowards a resurrection of financialisation and the UK’s pre-crisis economic model,\nthrough the transformation of individual behaviour and demonisation of the\nstate. Cutting public spending and debt in the short term is, at most, a\nsecondary concern for the UK policy elite. However, the underlying purpose of\nausterity is frequently misunderstood due to its conflation with a narrow\ndeficit reduction agenda, not least by its Keynesian critics. Berry also\ndemonstrates how austerity has effectively dismantled the prospect of a\ncentre-left alternative to neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-06-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137590091\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-59010-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 116\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752485548172,"sku":"9781137590091","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137590091.jpg?v=1775960176","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137590091","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}