| KEYNES | John Maynard, English economist born in 1883 noted for his positive views on government spending (6) |
| UTRILLO | Maurice, French painter born in 1883 noted for his Parisian street scenes (7) |
| ARNOLD | ____ Bax, composer born in 1883, noted for symphonic poem Tintagel (6) |
| BUDGETHAWK | Hard-liner on government spending |
| CHANEL | Coco, French fashion designer born in 1883 who pioneered a casual, sporty chic for women (6) |
| FISCAL | Concerned with government spending (6) |
| PUTSCH | Positions church for attack on government (6) |
| HYMAN | ___ Minsky, US economist born in 1919 noted for his views on financial crises (5) |
| EUNICE | Woman giving positive view of continental countries? |
| ASPECT | A religious group retaining initially positive view |
| UNSUNG | Overlooked hero from organisation shinning a big light on Government (6) |
| BORING | Uninspiring prime minister formerly changing direction on government (6) |
| MEADE | English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907). |
| MALTHUS | Thomas, English economist and demographer noted for his views on population growth (7) |
| RICARDO | David ___, British economist born in 1772 who authored The Principles of Political Economy and Taxat |
| ADAMSMITH | Economist born in Kirkcaldy 300 years ago (4,5) |
| FOURTHESTATE | Union leader comes in on government's side to get the media generally (6,6) |
| CASSUTO | Umberto ******* , Italian historian and rabbi born in 1883 (7) |
| SMITH | Adam, English economist who features on the back of the paper A£20 note issued in 2007 (5) |
| THOMASMALTHUS | English economist who wrote 1798's An Essay On The Principle Of Population (6,7) |