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

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2000]
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Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
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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