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Acknowledgements List of Charts and Tables Introduction: Progress and its Paradoxes PART I: IDEAS FROM 'THE OUTSIDE' The Use and Abuse of Foreign Archetypes in British Economic Policy Archetype, Example or Warning? British Views of Scandinavia PART II: SLIDING AWAY FROM STABILITY President Kennedy, Prime Minister Macmillan and the Gold Market, 1961-63 President Johnson, Prime Minister Wilson and the Slow Collapse of Equilibrium, 1964-68 PART III: GOVERNING BRITAIN The Creation and Early Work of the Parliamentary 'Ombudsman' Sir Alec Cairncross and the Art and Craft of Economic Advice, 1961-69 'An All Over Expansion': The Politics of the Land in 'Golden Age' Britain PART IV: EDUCATING THE NATION Planning the Education System in the Post-War Era Slum Schools, Civil Servants and Sociology: Educational Priority Areas, 1967-72 Conclusion: Strange Triumphs? Bibliography Index

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