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The biography of Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the three-time British Prime Minister, is as fascinating as a novel, but it could not be invented. It is the story of a girl from a small background who, under the supervision of a strict, kind father, grew up to play an important role in history. Britain was politically free at the time of Thatcher's political maturity, but exhausted by war, the loss of empire, the dislocation of millions and the gradual collapse of industry. The country was losing economic freedom, the basis of her family's modest and hard-earned prosperity. Even educated conservative politicians were convinced, under the influence of the pre-war economic crisis and wartime economic policy, that the state must manage the economy. However, great politicians can emerge from a major crisis who can present to the voters what democracy fundamentally hates - sweat and tears. In an atmosphere of misunderstanding of political colleagues or rivals and a divided public, a drama took place, the outcome of which proved that prosperity results from the inner relationship of freedom and private property. The story of brave Margareta is a chronicle of a fierce struggle against socialists, trade unions, state bureaucracy, the oligarchy of monopolies and nationalized companies, as well as almost the entire academy of theorizing economists.
The Iron Lady, as the Soviets called her, won the Cold War. In the economic one, only temporarily. Even its biggest opponents would not even think of promoting state industry, a fixed exchange rate, regulation of wages and prices, high progressive taxes... And yet regulation and bureaucracy are increasing, taxes are creeping up. Even without ownership, the state can swallow half of the national product. The age-old problem of democracy arises again, which demands from the state, under the new ideology of human rights, an impossible, even legal codification of material security. The growth of bureaucracy and the restriction of economic freedom destroys prosperity and ultimately threatens democracy itself.
That is why Margaret Thatcher's struggle is a great lesson and a warning.