Public policy for the 21st century : : Social and economic essays in memory of Henry Neuburger / / ed. by Neil Fraser, John Hills.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Allsopp, Christopher,; Begg, Iain,; Burchardt, Andrew,; Davies, Hugh,; Desai, Meghnad,; Fraser, Neil,; Harrison, Anne,; Hills, John,; Hills, Neil Fraser and John,; Joshi, Heather,; Mackie, Peter,; Metcalf, David,; Mooney, Gavin,; Nash, Chris,; Neuburger, Jenny,; Wickham-Jones, Mark,; Wren-Lewis, Simon,
• HerausgeberIn: Fraser, Neil,; Hills, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 p.)

Public policy for the 21st century is a collection of essays in memory of Henry Neuburger, an economist whose career spanned half a dozen government departments, and who was for much of the 1980s an adviser to the leadership of the Labour Party. His original contributions to economic policy analysis across the field of public policy are the starting point of the essays, whose contributors between them cover the same broad span of economic policy. The essays look forward to the new century and together form an introduction to key issues in contemporary policy making. Policy issues covered include macroeconomic policy, the impact of the National Minimum Wage, the distributional effect of tax and benefit policies since the 1997 change of government, the debates around an 'urban renaissance', and the impact of European integration on policy making. Contributors also examine and explain debates around different approaches to economic analysis, and show how analysis can be carried beyond the conventional confines of the money economy and of the household as a 'black box'. The book concludes with a discussion of Henry Neuburger's career, looking in particular at the role of economic advisers within policy making. This is a timely book on economic policy making and commitment to making that policy work. It is important reading for students and academics concerned with public, economic and social policy, and government economists.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: For the purposes of the future -- The tools for analysing policy -- The decline of macroeconomic modelling -- National accounts for policy analysis -- Economic policy analysis -- The price of parenthood and the value of children -- Well being or wel fare? -- The economy as a whole -- Four decades of changing macroeconomic policy -- Taxation for the enabling state -- European integration and its implications for policy making in the 21st century -- Sectoral issues -- Unions, the national minimum wage and the distribution of pay -- Economic appraisal in transport -- Housing and urban renaissance -- The main priority in priority setting in healthcare -- Henry Neuburger’s contribution -- Making economic policy in the Labour Party, 1980-1990: Bringing economists back in -- Henry Neuburger: A personal appreciation -- Bibliography: Henry Neuburger’s publications -- Index