This proposition overturned the previous Keynesian orthodoxy that macroeconomic policy should aim at full employment, with the control of inflation left to wage policy. Yet, despite all the “supply side” reforms introduced by Thatcherite governments, unemployment has been much higher since 1980 than in the 1950’s and 1960’s – 7.4% on average in the United Kingdom, compared to 1.6% in the earlier decades.
此项提议一举推翻了之前盛行的凯恩斯主义的信条，也就是认为宏观经济政策的目的是保证充分就业，而用薪酬体制来控制通货膨胀。尽管当时的撒切尔政府引入了“供给方面”的改革措施，1980年代的失业率达到达7.4%，仍然高于1950和60年代的1.6%。