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The intention was to invest in national capabilities, not national champions. ’ (Mandelson, 2009). Mandelson freely admitted in his autobiography that this approach involved ‘a stronger role for government than I had envisaged in my 1998 Competitiveness White Paper’ (Mandelson, 2010, p. 457). , p. 456). This was ‘Not the old Labour practice of “picking winners”, which had ended up more often than not with the losers picking government. ). , 32 The Legacy of the Crash p. 457). Mandelson’s approach is very similar to what Gamble (2010a) describes as the ‘social investment model’ as distinct from the ‘Anglo Saxon’ (or Anglo-American) model entailing strategic investment in economic competitiveness, including human capital, the research base and infrastructure.
In a broad strategic sense, ‘the purpose of the special relationship was to allow Britain to act as a broker between the United States and Europe’ (Gamble, 2009, p. 98). A hybrid political economy could, however, be seen as a sign of weakness rather than strength (Gamble, 2010a) in so far as it tries to bring together incompatible principles. One response to the question what variety of capitalism is British capitalism is to state that ‘the most reasonable short answer would have to be that it is a very complex one’ (Coffey and Thornley, 2009, 22 The Legacy of the Crash pp.
This was ‘Not the old Labour practice of “picking winners”, which had ended up more often than not with the losers picking government. ). , 32 The Legacy of the Crash p. 457). Mandelson’s approach is very similar to what Gamble (2010a) describes as the ‘social investment model’ as distinct from the ‘Anglo Saxon’ (or Anglo-American) model entailing strategic investment in economic competitiveness, including human capital, the research base and infrastructure. ’ (Financial Times, 15 January 2010).