The Dreadful Monster and its Poor Relations

An engaging account of three centuries of the UK’s economic history … Hoppit outlines an agenda for reform. – Jonathan Portes * Prospect *A meticulous fiscal narrative of the union with Scotland, the 19th century equivalent with Ireland, and devolution of taxes more recently … [Hoppit shows] the importance of taxation to history and contemporary politics, providing an invaluable primer to some of the underlying tensions behind contemporary political debate. – Chris Giles * Financial Times *Hoppit shows how the history of financial relations within the United Kingdom is profoundly relevant to the current constitutional debate … Hoppit steers the reader deftly through complex historical statistics … provides much useful ammunition. – Vernon Bogdanor * Daily Telegraph *

Julian Hoppit is Astor Professor of British History at University College London. He is the author of Risks and Failure in English Business, 1700-1800, A Land of Liberty?- England 1689-1727 and Britain’s Political Economies- Parliament and Economic Life, 1660-1800.