Nine Crises

Introduction

Part I: Cambridge, Fleet Street and the Bank of England

Part II: The Nine Crises Economic Background to the Crises

1. 1967: Devaluation: Before and After 2. 1973: The Oil Crisis and the Three-Day Week 3. 1976: The IMF Crisis 4. 1979–82: Sadomonetarism and Thatcher Recession 5. 1983–89: Lawson Boom and Bust, and Fallout with Thatcher 6. 1992: Black Wednesday 7. 2007–09: Financial Crash 8. 2010–16: Osborne’s Austerity 9. 2016: Referendum and Threat of Brexit

Part III: Observer Interviews with Chancellors of the Exchequer, 2006–07

Afterword and Acknowledgements

Index