The British disease facts for kids
This article is about English Disease (disambiguation)|English Disease. For other uses, see The British disease (disambiguation).
In economics, British disease was a derogatory term to describe the period of economic stagnation in the United Kingdom in the 1970s at the time the country was widely described as the "sick man of Europe". It was characterised by rates of capital investment and labour productivity which lagged behind continental Europe, as well as strained industrial relations. The term relates to a lack of social vitality during industrial disputes in the 1970s.
A lack of productivity of the UK economy was one factor behind Margaret Thatcher's economic reforms.
See also
- Dutch disease
- Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities (1973)
- Labour government, 1974–1979
- Thatcherism
- Social history of Postwar Britain (1945–1979)
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