Knowledge organiser 2: economic 1: 1951-64

Question 1

Rab Butler

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A prominent British Conservative Party politician, and he was effectively deputy Prime Minister to Eden and MacMillan, although he only held the official title for a brief period in 1962-63.

Question 2

Hugh Gaitskell

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A British politician who was leader of the Labour Party and Leader of opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963.

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Walter Monckton

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Edens Minister of Defence from 1955-56, and worked in the cabinet during the Suez Crisis, until he moved in October to the post of Paymaster General.

Question 4

Harold Macmillan

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A British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister from 1957-63. Nicknamed ‘Supermac’, and was known for his pragmatism, and wit.

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Peter Thorneycroft

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A British Conservative Party politician, who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957-58

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Heathcoat Amory

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Appointed after Thorneycroft resigned, and was the person that introduced the give-away budget

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Selwyn Lloyd

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Friend of Macmillan, who was appointed after Amory

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Reginald Maudling

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A politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer and home secretary

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Corelli Barnett

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An economic historian who wrote works on the UK’s post-war deindustrialisation

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Inflation

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Is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. It means that your pounds will buy less goods.

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Real wages

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Wages that have been adjusted for inflation (price rises)

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Disposable Income

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Money you have left over to spend on what you want (holidays, shopping, etc)

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Gross Domestic Product

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Is a measure of the total output of the economy. It is usually measured over one year. It is calculated by adding together the total amount produced by all firms in the UK.

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Economic Growth

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How a country is measured that year from using other similar countries or it previous GDP

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Boom

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GDP increases a lot. Consumers demand is stronger and firms have healthy sales and make big profits

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Recession

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A time of negative growth. GDP is falling, consumers demands fall, firms will struggle to make profits

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Laissez- Faire

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Means “let it happen”. Argues that booms and bust is part of a natural cycle. When a burst happens, they argue that the government must cut back and spend less.

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Keynesianism

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Believed that the government should not cut back but spend more. The government itself must become a consumer to compensate for the unemployed people who are no longer consuming.

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Balance of Payments deficit

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The amount Britain exports (sells) is less than it imports (buys). It is essentially in debt. This is exactly the opposite of a balance of payment surplus.

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Austerity

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The strict policies that the government imposes to control public debt

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Rationing

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The controlled distribution if scarce recourses, goods and services

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Nationalism

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An ideology that prioritizes the loyalty and devotion to the nation over other interest

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Derationing Day

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The abolishment of food rationing and rationing books

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Stop Go Economics

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refers to minor polices enacted in result of the economy (whether in boom or recession

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Butskellism

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When the Labour and constative party had reached a consensus

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Me-tooism

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Adopting policies similar or identical to those of a peer or competitor

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Consesus

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Agreement in the judgment or opinion by a group as a whole

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Interventionism

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The action of a government taking action to become involved in the problems of another country

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Deflating the Economy

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increases taxation in order to stop inflation from happening

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Hire Purchase

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An arrangement whereby a customer agrees to acquire an asset by paying an initial instalment and repaying the balance over a period of time

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Industrial relation

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The relation between employer and employees, or trade union and the government

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Trade union Appeasement

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The act of the government giving in to the specific demand the trade union wants in order to limit working days off

Question 33

pots and pans budget

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The purchase tax on kitchen utensils

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premium bonds

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Saving bonds that earn interest and are entered in a monthly prize draw, where the prize is given out by the government

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"Give- away budget"

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A tax cut budget in 1959 to help start an economic boom before the election year

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"Never had it so good"

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A quote Macmillan said to the British public due to the surplus in the economics under his government

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Income policies

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An economy wide wage and price control, put in as a response to inflation

Question 38

Neddy

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National economic development council

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Nicky

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National income commission.

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Pay pause

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The abrupt paused the wages of some public sectors, like teachers and nurses, to increase productivity.

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Dash for growth

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A budget of tax cuts of nearly £300 million and other stimulants to economic growth. "Expansion without inflation".

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Resale price maintenance

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An agreement between supplier and a retailer that prevents the retailer from setting its own prices, eking the prices artificially high.

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“Economics with matchsticks”

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A quote made by Harold Wilson cuttingly dismissing the Tory Prime Minister Alec Douglas- Home’s admission that he made sense of “economics with matchsticks.”

Question 44

13 years wasted

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The charge of “13 wasted year” made by Labour against the Conservative Party had been in power for 13 years (1951-64), and for the lack of what has been done in the time.

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Working days lost

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The total number of days that employees are absent from work due to illness or injury.

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Stagflation

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An economic condition where high inflation, high unemployment, and stagnant economic growth occur all at the same time.

Question 47

Consumer Durables

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Manufactured items, typically cars or household appliances, that are expected to have a relatively long useful life after purchase.