Thatcher’s reforms reinvigorated the private sector, promoted home ownership, lowered taxes on enterprise, deregulated large parts of the economy, and reined in the unions’ power to use their industrial muscle. She set about this reform program with determination, but – at least until her last years – with subtle pragmatism as well.
撒切尔的改革振兴了私人部门、促进了房屋所有权、降低了企业税、减少了对经济大部的监管，并遏制了工会动用其行业能量的实力。她以决心推动改革项目，但在执行方面相当务实——至少在其首相生涯晚期之前是如此。她步步为营，不懈地朝一个方向前进。政府上下没有任何人怀疑她的目标。