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 % 。
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.