The Commanding Heights Quotes

“Thatcherism. It would comprise the many elements already prefigured in Keith Joseph’s speeches—a rejection of Keynesianism, a constraining of the welfare state and government spending, a commitment to the reduction of direct government intervention in the economy, a sell-off of government-owned businesses, a concerted drive to reduce absurdly and punitively high tax rates, and a commitment to reduce the government’s deficit.”
― Daniel Yergin, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

“Thatcherism. It would comprise the many elements already prefigured in Keith Joseph’s speeches—a rejection of Keynesianism, a constraining of the welfare state and government spending, a commitment to the reduction of direct government intervention in the economy, a sell-off of government-owned businesses, a concerted drive to reduce absurdly and punitively high tax rates, and a commitment to reduce the government’s”
― Daniel Yergin, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy