Economic policy 5
The global economic and financial crisis offers an opportunity to look at policy making in various political systems. We can ask questions about how the policy making process works; about what ideas are most influential; about which people and groups vie for influence in making policies; and about who seem to be the winners and the losers in the process.Then we can put our comparative hats on and make some
- generalizations about economic policy making
- comparisons of the policy making process and the policies and
- evaluations of the effectiveness of the policies
The fifth example comes from the UK.
Reuters reports that UK's Brown lays out plans to soften blow of recession
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will propose measures on Wednesday aimed at helping hard-pressed families and small firms through a recession and boosting his own chances of winning another term in office.
"Brown's slate for 2009, to be set out in the traditional speech to parliament by Queen Elizabeth, will focus on easing the pain of a sharp economic downturn by seeking to boost a sliding housing market and encouraging banks to lend to credit-starved firms...
See also: Queen's Speech, December 3
Labels: economics, policy, politics, UK
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:53 AM
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