Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

JAMES COOPER completed his PhD at Aberystwyth University, UK, in 2010, and then became Lecturer in Modern History at the same institution. During the 2012/13 academic year he will be the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History at Westminster College, Missouri, in the United States.

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: MONETARY POLICY Origins and Implementation From Prescribed Policy to Pragmatism PART II: TAXATION Origins and First Term Cuts Second Term Cuts and Policy Transfer PART III: TRADE (LABOUR) UNIONS, PRIVATISATION AND DEREGULATION Trade (Labour) Unions Privatisation and Deregulation Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Interviewee biographies