{"product_id":"there-is-no-alternative-why-margaret-thatcher-matters","title":"There Is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal declineungovernable  an economic train wreck  and rapidly headed for global irrelevance. Three decades later  it is the richest and most influential country in Europe  and Margaret Thatcher is the reason. The preternaturally determined Thatcher rose from nothing  seized control of Britains Conservative party  and took a sledgehammer to the nations postwar socialist consensus. She proved that socialism could be reversed  inspiring a global free-market revolution. Simultaneously exploiting every politically useful aspect of her femininity and defying every conventional expectation of women in power  Thatcher crushed her enemies with a calculated ruthlessness that stunned the British public and without doubt caused immense collateral damage. Ultimately  however  Claire Berlinski agrees with Thatcher: There was no alternative. Berlinski explains what Thatcher did  why it matters  and how she got away with it in\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946487574581,"sku":"ByrdShop_0465002315","price":30.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780465002313.jpg?v=1769952338","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/there-is-no-alternative-why-margaret-thatcher-matters","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}