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From sound finance to new mercantilism

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Sudhir Mulji New Delhi
 Surprisingly, one of the shrewdest observers of conventions in the UK Treasury was Winston Churchill. In his long spells in the government before 1916, he had acquired experience in a variety of different departments and parties. He was also the Chancellor on that fatal occasion when in 1925 the British government decided to return to gold at the pre-war parity rate.

 Churchill subsequently described the fundamentals of Treasury thinking in his book Thoughts and Adventures first published in 1932. He wrote:

 
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First Published: Nov 06 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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