By Colin Talbot

What is a “Spending Review”? Simply it is a statement, by HM Government, of what it intends to spend over the next (usually) 3 years. And what it will spend it on.

Sounds deceptively simple? “Deceptive” is the operative word, because it turns out to be anything but simple or straightforward.

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By Colin Talbot

As a newly minted academic (I’d started in 1990) I was surprised by what seemed to be a somewhat ‘provocative’ title. And I was into Japanese culture and had come across books with similar titles.

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