Despite the authors occasional exaggerations, this is a much more entertaining book thanmany about economics. And it is hard to disagree with their underlying analysis: Foralmost a century, the UK has deluded herself, first into believing that the days of globaldominance will return, then into thinking that the symptoms of decline can be relativelyeasily tackled. The country has pinned its hopes on a series of fixestrade preference forother countries in the empire, joining the European Economic Community, North Sea oil,financial deregulation and housing bubblesthat have offered temporary boosts. Thecurrent government s growth plan, involving tax incentives for business and cuts in red tape,sounds all too much like some of the failed programmes of the past.
除了作者偶尔的夸大之外,这一本书比很多经济方面的书籍都更有趣。并且,作者对其实质的分析几乎不容置疑。在近一个世纪内,英国都在蒙蔽自己,首先她使自己相信英国称霸全球的日子将会失而复得,之后她使又自己认为英国衰退的症状可以相对轻松地治愈。英国将自己的希望寄托在一系列小修小补上:给予大英帝国范围内的其他国家贸易优惠,加入欧共体,七八十年代北海石油开采,金融自由化和房地产泡沫,这些都为英国经济提供了短暂的支持。当今政府的发展方案包括向企业提供税收激励、遏制官僚作风,这些听起来和过去那些失败的项目十分类似。
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