Thinktanks and the economic counterrevolution, 19311983 was published in hardback by harpercollins in 1994, and in paperback by the same publisher the following year. In the summer of 1974, sir keith joseph persuaded ted heath to hold a postmortem on the economic policies that led to the defeat of his government. Richard cockett is a writer and journalist, specialising in foreign affairs. My name is richard cockett, and i am a writer, journalist staff correspondent and editor for the economist and onetime academic. In brief, the book is an account of the thatcherite revolution in britain, from its very beginnings in the 1930s, as a small group of liberal economists fought back. He is the author of several books, the most recent being sudan. Darfur and the failure of an african state, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. Author of twilight of truth, thinking the unthinkable, david astor and the observer, my dear max, sudan, anatomy of declaine richard cockett open library donate. There is another modern british history an alternative tradition in our government, politics and economics.
He supplements his taxpayerprovided salary by writing books such as this one thinking the unthinkable. Thinktanks and the economic counterrevolution, 193183 new edition by cockett, richard isbn. Thinktanks and the economic counterrevolution, 19311983. Richard cockett is southeast asia editor and correspondent at the economist. Thinktanks and the economic counterrevolution, 19311983, london. It is a history kept rather quiet, a tradition largely hidden from view suspiciously well hidden, some would say. My latest book, blood, dreams and gold, the changing face of burma, is published by yale in the autumn of 2015.
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