As Margaret Thatcher in may 1979 in the 10 Downing Street moved in, appeared to be immediately seen as a turning point. The TIME compared to your office with the German currency reform of 1948. And Franz Josef Strauss, said: “I am the German Thatcher.” Until today, your choice is considered to be a prelude to a reversal that pushed the world to the state and the markets, unleashed – a model for the a, terrible image for the other.

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