| 內容簡介 | In this detailed and comprehensive analysis of governmental spending over the past 130 years, Clive Lee explains how and why public expenditure rose from little more than 10% of the national income to over 40% in recent years, and the sea change in attitudes about the role and nature of government that accompanied this rise. Clive Lee combines vivid social history with close economic analysis to provide a detailed picture of political forces in the UK from Victorian times to the present day, documenting the standoffs of Liberals, socialists and conservatives, the riseof the Labour party and the impact of the Thatcher years on expenditure and the public sector. |