tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221147601357355702.post3432925721774082287..comments2024-03-19T09:26:47.124-04:00Comments on Pour une école libre au Québec: Post-Thatcher Britain: Corporatist Champion of Pathologies and the Soviet Union with SupermarketsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221147601357355702.post-43882543546366352852012-03-17T14:27:09.662-04:002012-03-17T14:27:09.662-04:00http://www.stewartmorris.com/essays/14Ingham3.pdf
...http://www.stewartmorris.com/essays/14Ingham3.pdf<br /><br />« Strong public support for the welfare state, especially what Leys describes as the 'middle class sacred cows' of the NHS, tax relief on mortgage interest and maintenance grants for students, prevented any wide-ranging reforms in this crucial area. Taxation and spending at the end of. 1989 were not significantly below the 1979 levels. Social security increased in absolute terms, real terms and (for most of the period) as a proportion of GNP. This was a direct result of arguably the most visible change of all during the Thatcher years, the unintentional rise of unemployment. »Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com