Scott Kelly The Myth of Mr Butskell: The Politics of British Economic Policy.

Scott Kelly The Myth of Mr Butskell: The Politics of British Economic Policy, 1950-55 (Modern Economic and Social History Series.) Burlington, Vt: Ashgate. 2002 Pp viii, 248 $7495 ISBN 0-7546-0604-X

The argument about the stretch of consensus in British society in the 1950 and 1960 continues to excite interest, and this part makes a significant contribution to that literature. It uses archival and interview material to assess the step of similarity between the economic policies of Hugh Gaitskell and Rab Butler Labour and Conservative Chancellors of the Exchequer

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