The Liberal Party and Economic Policy 1918 - 1964

Abstract

Introduction This paper will explore how the Liberal Party approached economic policy questions during the period between the general elections of 1918 and 1964, which roughly frame the party’s decline from major-party to third-party status and its revival under Jo Grimond. This is a very large subject, and it would be quite impossible to deal with all aspects of Liberals’ thinking about the economy over almost half a century here. The present paper will attempt two things. Firstly, it will o...