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Title:The Thatcher Audit: A Climate Of Enterprise?
Date:21st August 1990
Summary:PROGRAMME ONE - A CLIMATE OF ENTERPRISE HAS THE THATCHER GOVERNMENT SUCCEEDED DURING THE PAST 11 YEARS IN REVERSING BRITAIN'S LONG-TERM DECLINE? IS OUR ECONOMY MORE EFFICIENT TODAY THAN IT WAS IN 1979? JOHN PLENDER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES GIVES HIS PERSONAL VIEW AND EXAMINES THREE KEY CONSERVATIVE REFORMS. HOW HAVE THE PRIVATISATION PROGRAMME, THE TRADE UNION REFORMS AND THE POLICIES ON HOUSING AND CREDIT AFFECTED THE ECONOMY? HAVE THEY LIBERATED ENTERPRISE AND PROLONGED PROSPERITY? LORD JOSEPH, NORMAN TEBBIT AND BRITISH TELECOM CHAIRMAN IAIN VALLANCE HELP HIM ANSWER THE QUESTION.
Description:First of 3 documentary essays on the state of the economy by john plender.