Across the political spectrum, all parties agree that continuously raising educational standards is a must (Chitty, 2014:1). ... Both Thatcher and Reagan stressed the need for a 'laissez faire' approach to government, a major component of neoliberalism which roughly translates from French to English as 'let them be'. ... It is probably worth noting then that state intervention into schooling and efforts to minimise the achievement gap of differing social classes is not a neoliberal ideal. ...
This so called "decline" was caused by a number of factors not merely one as the question suggests, indeed Supple` s foreword (1) asks, "Are we to be concerned with the rate of growth of total income or of manufacturing output? ... Years United Kingdom Germany France U.S.A 1890 3,579 2,195 670 4,275 1896 4,133 4,745 1,160 5,282 1900 4,901 6,260 1,540 10,188 Steel Production (In thousands of tons) (3) The table graphically illustrates that although Britain was overtaken by her main competitors, she was still increasing her production of steel during these years. ... Nevertheless...