History A-Level
Government intervention and its limits
What Government intervention and its limits means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government intervention and its limits
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Wage and price controls, energy conservation measures and later deregulation had mixed success and contributed to political disillusion.
Topics that use Government intervention and its limits
- Social and political change, 1973–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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