1974 Explained: The Year that Almost Crushed Britain

October 26, 2025

Writes Tim McGraw:

I thought this was an interesting video. The Beatles song “Taxman” mentions both “Mr. Wilson” and “Mr. Heath.” Heath and Nixon both made a lot of mistakes in 1974. Income and price controls never work. They just make things worse. 

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