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by Terrence Casey


  ‘green growth’ 31, 33, 57, 274

  Greenspan, Alan 40–1

  Guantánamo Bay 243, 246, 248, 254

  habeas corpus 224–5, 237, 246–9, 251–4

  Hague, William 106

  Hay, Colin 271, 276

  HBOS 47, 65, 80

  health care 12

  Coalition government reforms 12, 39

  consumerism 207

  cost 12, 205–7, 210–12, 216–17

  insurance 107, 110, 203–4, 207–11, 215–16

  ‘Obamacare’, see Affordable Care Act (ACA)

  spending 203, 214, 216

  Hogan, Judge Thomas F. 225

  Holder, Eric 223–4, 226

  home equity loans 60, 265

  Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme 66

  Hospital Survey and Construction Act 204

  hospitals 106, 202–4, 206, 210–12, 214, 216 see also NHS

  House of Commons 10, 105, 113, 126, 130, 140–1, 147–8, 152, 161–2, 172, 190, 234

  House of Lords 13, 235, 243, 247, 249, 251, 254, 259–60

  House of Representatives 4, 91, 93, 108, 110, 125, 140, 150, 156, 180, 191

  takeover by Republicans 108, 125

  house prices 40, 60, 64, 68, 70, 76, 79, 265, 267

  housing bubble 3, 40, 43, 67, 272

  see also Congress

  Howard, Michael 106

  Huhne, Chris 143, 149, 154

  Human Rights Act 232–3, 245, 251–2, 257–8

  Huntington, Samuel P. 139

  Iceland 74, 124, 203

  identification cards, UK 118, 230–1, 236

  National Identity Register 231, 236

  incomes policy 25

  Independent Banking Commission (Vickers Commission) 35, 52

  Independent Television Network (ITN) 142

  India 2, 22, 277

  industrial policy 27–30, 35

  inequality 71–2, 124, 215, 265

  Intelligence Authorization Bill 227

  interest rates see Federal Reserve; Bank of England

  Iraq 13, 106, 109–10, 148, 169, 227–30, 236, 239, 278

  Japan 73, 267–8, 270, 277–8, 281

  ‘lost decade’ 80, 267

  Johnson, Lyndon 103, 206

  judiciary 39, 243, 245, 253–5

  challenge to executive authority 247–51, 256–7

  judicial review 244–5

  war on terror 245–7

  see also Supreme Court, UK;

  Supreme Court, US

  JPMorgan Chase 62

  JUSTICE 257–8

  Kennedy, Anthony 252, 254

  Kennedy, Charles 141–2

  Kennedy, Edward 146, 172

  Kennedy, John F. 103

  Keynesianism 1, 35, 53, 57, 101, 271–2, 274, 282

  King, Mervyn 48, 83, 95, 134, 264

  King’s Fund 218

  Labour Party 8, 10, 56, 108, 136, 141–2, 146–8, 153, 160–1, 163, 166, 185–6

  Labour Representation Committee (LRC) 160

  New Labour 9, 29–30, 41, 65–7, 106, 122, 132, 135, 137, 148, 153, 271, 275

  see also Tony Blair; Gordon Brown; Ed Miliband

  Lansley, Andrew 12, 202, 213

  Law Lords see Supreme Court, UK

  Lehman Brothers 3, 4, 15, 46, 61–2, 69, 79, 134

  leverage, financial institutions 43, 53, 69, 150, 273

  Liberal Democrat Party, UK 10–12, 56, 108, 112, 114, 118, 126, 135, 139–43, 145–55, 167, 173, 180, 191, 194, 213, 226, 230, 232

  decision to join coalition 11, 114, 147

  election results 140, 146–7, 173

  Liberal Party 141–2, 150–1, 155, 164, 166

  see also Paddy Ashdown, Menzies Campbell, Nick Clegg, Coalition government; Charles Kennedy

  Liberty 257–8, 260

  Lincoln, Blanche 149

  Lindblom, Charles 129

  liquidity 65, 67

  Lloyds TSB 47, 65–6

  Major, John 105, 166

  Marx, Karl 57, 156

  May, Theresa 231

  McGovern-Frasier Commission 168

  Mead, Walter Russell 145, 156

  Medicaid 50, 203, 206–9, 215–16

  Medicare 50–1, 107–8, 203, 206–7, 209–11, 216–17, 266

  Medicare Advantage 209, 217

  Merrill Lynch 4, 46, 61, 79, 134

  Miliband, David 56

  Miliband, Ed 56, 87

  military commissions 225, 246–8, 251

  Military Commissions Act (MCA) 223, 247, 251–2

  military tribunals, see military commissions

  mixed economy 27, 212

  Moody’s, see ratings agencies

  Moore, Michael 149

  mortgage backed securities (MBSs) 42–3, 55, 58, 61–3, 68–9

  Murkowski, Lisa 113, 120, 125

  National Association of Manufacturers 88

  National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) see Liberty

  National Crime Agency and Border Police Command 232

  National Health Service (NHS) 10, 12–13, 39, 49, 56, 107, 110, 117–18, 201, 202–5, 208, 212–17, 266

  2010 White Paper 12, 31, 52–3, 212, 214–15

  Commissioning Board 214

  NHS Trusts 211, 214

  Primary Care Trusts 212

  National Institute for Clinical Excellence 213

  National Policing Improvement Agency 232

  National Security Agency (NSA) 226–7, 236

  nationalist parties, UK 164, 167

  nationalized industries 29

  neoliberalism 1–2, 5, 53–4, 56–7, 263–74

  New Deal, US 22, 54, 107–8, 124–5, 135, 163, 168

  New Labour, see Labour Party

  Northern Ireland 164, 167, 173–4

  Northern Rock 3, 45, 55, 64–5, 69–70, 80

  see also bank bailouts

  Obama Administration

  auto industry bailouts 32, 47, 63, 122

  bank bailouts 19, 46–7, 62–3, 112, 129, 143

  economic stimulus 7–8, 47, 86, 88, 93, 113

  executive order 223, 225, 227–8

  fiscal policy 51, 71, 81–3, 111, 268, 277

  relations with Congress 91, 222–9, 235–7

  war on terror 222–9, 235–7

  Obama, Barack

  election campaign 8, 95, 171, 222

  executive-legislative relations 222, 229, 235–6

  governing style 13, 54, 56, 115–16, 127, 129, 131–3, 208, 211, 229, 276

  ‘Obamacare’ 39, 110, 112, 133, 171, 208–11, 215 see also Affordable Care Act (ACA)

  popularity 130, 180, 190, 193

  question of citizenship 119

  O’Connor, Sandra Day 248

  O’Donnell, Christine 149, 195

  Office of Legal Counsel, US 222

  Organization for Economic

  Co-operation and Development 81, 202

  Osborne, George 57, 66, 111, 133–4

  Pakistan 228, 233, 235

  Palin, Sarah 102, 146, 156

  Panetta, Leon 223

  Parliament 11, 13, 49, 111, 114, 142, 147–8, 154, 161, 167, 221–2, 229–36, 245, 249, 255, 259, 268

  backbench revolts 230, 232

  ECHR decisions 245, 249, 251–2, 255, 257

  oversight 13, 222, 230, 234

  parliamentary liaison committee 230

  see also House of Commons, House of Lords

  partisan conditioning 181, 184

  party-in-service 168, 171, 173–4

  Paul, Rand 149, 156

  Paul, Ron 156

  Paulson, Hank 3–4, 15, 62

  Pelosi, Nancy 4, 116

  Perot, H. Ross 104, 109

  physicians, see doctors

  ‘police patrol’ oversight 230

  political machines 163

  populism 11, 145–6

  ‘postwar consensus’ 1, 276

  prerogative powers

  president, US

  see George Herbert Walker Bush; George W. Jimmy Carter; Bill Clinton; John F.
Kennedy; Barack Obama; Ronald Reagan; Lyndon Johnson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 253

  Prince, Charles 43–4

  private debt 6, 45, 76, 267–9, 271–2

  Private Finance Initiative (PFI) 34, 123

  privatization 27, 29, 38, 123, 166

  Progressive Era 163

  proportional representation 153

  Prudential Regulation Authority (UK) 53

  quantitative easing 20, 48, 66, 70, 80, 123, 279

  Asset Purchase Program 66

  QE2, US 48

  ratings agencies 44, 59, 69

  role in financial crisis 44

  Reagan, Ronald 1–2, 10, 29, 38, 54, 103–4, 107–9, 126, 256, 271, 276

  recession 1–2, 5, 19, 34, 40, 61, 70, 75, 77, 80, 84, 86, 91, 94, 105, 11, 171–2, 264–5, 270, 276–7

  redistricting, US 170

  referendum 11, 115, 153–5, 173, 179, 189

  see also alternative vote (AV)

  Reid, Harry 149

  repossessions 64, 70, 281

  Republican Party 4–5, 9–10, 62, 126, 128, 133, 190, 208

  election record 50, 109, 112, 115–17, 127, 146, 171–2, 180, 187–8, 190–3, 273

  fiscal position 50–1, 63, 67, 150

  ideology 61, 103, 108–9, 118, 125, 140, 144, 156, 169, 170–1, 268

  Tea Party influence 11, 113, 120, 125, 141, 144–5, 149, 195, 275–6

  see also John Boehner; George W. Bush; Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan

  Responsible party government 159, 162, 171

  reward-punish hypothesis 179–80

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 56, 107, 127, 168

  Roubini, Noriel 5

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) 47, 65–6, 172

  Rubio, Marco 149

  Ryan, Paul 50

  Santelli, Rick 143–4

  savings & loans crisis 47

  Schiff, Peter 5

  Scottish National Party (SNP) see nationalist parties, UK

  Scottish Parliament 154, 167

  Sebelius, Kathleen 210, 216

  securitization 42–3, 45, 64, 67, 69, 77, 272

  Senate 4, 15, 78, 91–2, 109, 116–17, 120, 125, 135, 144, 146, 149, 156, 169–72, 180, 191–2, 195

  Select Committee on Intelligence 227

  see also Congress

  September 11 terrorist attacks 2, 40, 72, 105, 109, 221–4, 229, 235, 245–7, 271, 278

  shadow banking system see structured investment vehicles (SIVs)

  single transferable vote (STV) election system 153

  Skowronek, Stephen 92

  Smith, Iain Duncan 106

  Social Democratic Party 11, 141, 152

  see also Liberal Democratic Party

  Social Security 50–1, 58, 82, 107–8, 266

  Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS) 65

  stamp duty 66, 68

  Standards and Poor’s, see ratings agencies

  standards of living 264–8

  Stevens, John Paul (Justice) 248–50, 254–5

  Stiglitz, Joseph 57

  Strategic Defence and Security Review (UK) 231

  structured investment vehicles (SIVs) 44–5, 69

  subprime mortgages 3, 40, 42–3, 44, 58, 61, 76, 265, 272, 280

  see also mortgage backed securities (MBSs)

  Summers, Lawrence 41

  Supreme Court, UK 13, 245–7, 249–52, 256, 259–60, 280

  resistance to executive authority 249–51, 254–5

  Supreme Court, US 136, 168, 237, 242–5, 247–8, 251–3, 256, 258–60

  resistance to executive authority 13, 46, 247, 252

  Taleb, Nassim 5

  Taliban 228, 233–4

  TARP, see Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)

  Tea Party movement (US) 9–10, 82, 101–2, 113, 117, 120, 125, 135, 143–5, 152, 155–6

  2010 Congressional elections 140, 144, 146–7, 149–50, 172, 191–2, 195, 275

  influence on Republican Party see Republican Party origins 143–4

  populism 11, 113, 135, 145–6

  textile industry 24

  Thatcher, Margaret 10, 29–30, 38, 54, 57, 80, 101, 103–5, 115, 123, 126, 128, 160, 166, 211, 271, 276

  relations with Ronald Reagan 10, 103

  The City, see City of London

  Thorpe, Jeremy 142, 156

  Thurmond, Strom 141, 149–50

  Tier 1 capital 65

  torture 221, 223, 226–7, 233, 236–7, 246–7, 250

  definition 259

  Obama’s policy 224–7

  Tower, John 149

  toxic assets 46, 62–3, 65, 69–71, 76, 130

  Trade Union Congress (TUC) 32, 160

  Treasury, UK 65–6, 77, 82–3, 91

  Treasury, US 3–4, 25, 32, 41, 45–7, 51–3, 55, 62–3, 80, 92, 95, 114

  tripartite arrangement 65

  Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) 4, 46, 62–3, 103

  costs 46–7, 55

  initial formulation 4, 46

  mortgage relief 62–3

  opposition 4, 130

  UK Supreme Court, see Supreme Court, UK

  United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) 276, 281

  US Supreme Court, see Supreme Court, US

  USA-PATRIOT Act 236, 247

  varieties of capitalism 6, 21, 122

  Vickers Commission see Independent Banking Commission

  Volker, Paul 51

  ‘Volker Rule’ 51

  Wales 164, 166–7, 173–4

  Wall Street 3, 7, 15, 51, 74, 76, 88, 92, 113, 128–30, 134, 150, 263, 266, 273

  Wallace, George 150, 269

  Waltz, Kenneth 139

  war on terror 13, 139, 221–3, 225, 227, 229, 231–7, 242, 245, 249, 255, 258–9

  counter-terrorism 13, 221–2, 229, 232, 234–7, 242, 245, 249, 255, 258–9

  detainees 221, 224–5, 227, 237, 243, 247–8, 252–3

  electronic surveillance 221, 226–7

  enemy combatants 248

  extraordinary rendition 221, 226–7, 230

  London Underground bombing (7 July 2007) 13, 169, 221–3, 225, 227, 229, 231–6, 239

  Warren, Elizabeth 58

  Washington Mutual 61

  Zernike, Kate 144

 

 

 


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