`... coherent, consistent and forceful. ... a very good book that places the economic difficulties of the 1970s and 1980s in historical and global perspective. It is well worth reading.' - Political Studies 1993`... easily the best book on economics I have read in a long, long time.' - Resurgence No. 157 March/April 93`... excellent attempt to picture the grand sweep of trends in the industrial economy ...' - Land and Liberty`..his thought-provoking long-wave look at our present problems gives a perspective that exists nowhere in the sterile Treasury models that rule our economy. It should be compulsory reading for every MP and economic mandarin.' - Tony Levene, Scotland on Sunday`... easily the best book on economics I have read in a long, long time.' - Larry Elliott, Resurgence