{"product_id":"9781137590091","title":"Austerity Politics and UK Economic Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCraig Berry assesses UK economic policy in the wake of the financial crisis through the lens of the austerity agenda, focusing on monetary policy,\u003cbr\u003eeconomic rebalancing, industrial and regional policy, the labour market,\u003cbr\u003ewelfare reform and budgetary management. He argues that austerity is geared towards a resurrection of financialisation and the UK’s pre-crisis economic model,\u003cbr\u003ethrough the transformation of individual behaviour and demonisation of the state. Cutting public spending and debt in the short term is, at most, a secondary concern for the UK policy elite. However, the underlying purpose of austerity is frequently misunderstood due to its conflation with a narrow deficit reduction agenda, not least by its Keynesian critics. Berry also demonstrates how austerity has effectively dismantled the prospect of a centre-left alternative to neoliberalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011980247280,"sku":"9781137590091","price":50.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781137590091_p0.jpg?v=1763699283","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781137590091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}