Economy: Alan Walters diary [Ibbs worried about CPRS][released 2012]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/2 |
| Editorial comments: | Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 119 |
| Themes: | Employment, Monetary policy |
Friday 12th March 1982
PM in Sunderland
Robin Ibbs etc. about employment study - the only way is to split it off from Rickard. He is a structuralist and is anxious not to talk about benefits effect etc.
[The ending of a very good week]
Fixed up for Adrian Smith to work on Minford’s model applied to Europe.
Ibbs pleased - but JV
- but my main concern is to get the work done - seems as though we shall fight.
Public Expenditure Exercise for Cabinet - usual stuff
Talked to Robert Armstrong about my involvement in the Summit at June