The Disenchanted Isle: Mrs. Thatcher’s Capitalist Revolution

By Charles Dellheim (Author) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN 978-0-393-03812-5 Dellheim’s highly astute, evenhanded, fast-moving narrative sets Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s capitalist revolution in the context of British postwar history. Preaching self-reliance and entrepreneurial initiative, she reduced taxes, privatized nationalized industry and curtailed trade union power during her 11-year tenure, which ended in … Continue reading The Disenchanted Isle: Mrs. Thatcher’s Capitalist Revolution