Machonomics: George Osborne’s legacy to UK macroeconomic governance

Watson, Matthew (2017) Machonomics: George Osborne’s legacy to UK macroeconomic governance. British Politics and Policy Blog (20 Nov 2017). Website.

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Abstract

George Osborne was a purveyor of machonomics, an approach to economic policy-making revolving around seemingly bottomless reserves of macho self-confidence, writes Matthew Watson. Here he argues that Osborne modelled himself in this way on the optimal policy-maker of the so-called time consistency problem of abstract economic theory.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2017 11:37
Last Modified:	10 Sep 2025 23:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85997

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