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- proper noun The
political ideology attributed to thegovernments of BritishPrime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990), characterised by, among other things, afree market economy,privatisation and lowtaxation .
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Brown won't use the term Thatcherism because he is scared many people will say 'actually that's what we need right now, to clear up another Labour mess'.
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Brown won't use the term Thatcherism because he is scared many people will say 'actually that's what we need right now, to clear up another Labour mess'.
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Chicago School dogma became known as Thatcherism in Britain, but its prime minister wasn't an early adherent.
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Chicago School dogma became known as Thatcherism in Britain, but its prime minister wasn't an early adherent.
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There are some who say that Thatcherism is not, and never was, a coherent set of detailed policies but, instead, a series of values and instincts that have evolved into policies.
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The state capitalism that, in the 1980s and 1990s, we called Thatcherism or Reaganism was nothing approaching a free market.
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The state capitalism that, in the 1980s and 1990s, we called Thatcherism or Reaganism was nothing approaching a free market.
Brits at their Best 2010
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The state capitalism that, in the 1980s and 1990s, we called Thatcherism or Reaganism was nothing approaching a free market.
The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG Dr Sean Gabb 2010
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The state capitalism that, in the 1980s and 1990s, we called Thatcherism or Reaganism was nothing approaching a free market.
Brits at their Best David 2010
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The reviewer brilliantly summarised the work of Damien Hirst et al: "It has often been remarked that Young British Art was a cultural offshoot of Thatcherism, which is a polite way of saying that the artists of Hirst's generation were a bunch of enterprising self-publicists, big on force of personality but small on talent".
Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009
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