The Myth of Mr. Butskell: The Politics of British Economic Policy, 1950-55.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)

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. $74.95. ISBN 0-7546-0604-X.

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

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