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Boom and bust: the politics and legacy of Gordon Brown

Boom and Bust (2009) is a substantially revised version of Best for Britain? (2007). The latter analysed Gordon Brown's Prime Ministerial potential. Boom and Bust evaluated the first two years of Brown's premiership, following the 2008 financial crisis and recession. The publishers required the whole to be completely updated. The statistical and empirical data was revised thoroughly, a new chapter addressed a significant range of policy areas (13,000 words), the policy chapters in Parts II and III were updated thoroughly, with the Preface, Introduction (9432 words) and Conclusion (4370 words) being thoroughly rewritten. These changes totalled 30,000 words (of 120,000).