Talk:I'm Backing Britain

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[edit] Macroeconomic effect

I find this campaign very interesting. I was wondering if it did have any effect on the economy, GDP, etc... ? I think that would be a good and interesting addition to this article. Rej5y7 (talk) 15:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I tried to find any analysis of the economic effects but could only come up with the anecdotal report of Supermarkets from March. It was presumably too difficult for anyone to ascribe macroeconomic changes to something which was a fairly nebulous and loosely-linked campaign in the first place. 1968 saw a series of public spending cuts and a tax raising budget, but the British economy did recover quite significantly, especially in exports. All of this would probably have happened anyway. Sam Blacketer (talk) 16:18, 5 March 2008 (UTC)