British Industry and Economic Policy

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Structural Changes in the 1920s....Pages 16-19
Industrial Organisation in the West Midlands, 1860–1927....Pages 20-38
Labour Mobility and Unemployment....Pages 39-44
Economic Thought and Contemporary Economic Policy....Pages 45-61
State Intervention in Industry....Pages 62-73
The Reorganisation of Contracting Industries....Pages 74-86
Economic Planning and Private Enterprise....Pages 87-102
The Efficiency of British Industry....Pages 103-114
Industrial Prospects in the Early 1950s....Pages 115-126
Economic Progress, Retrospect and Prospect....Pages 127-143
Restrictive Practices in the Copper-Mining Industry....Pages 144-154
Policy Towards Competition and Monopoly....Pages 155-170
Britain’s Economic Performance in the 1960s....Pages 171-178
A Critical Appraisal of Galbraith’s Thinking....Pages 179-195
Economic Advice for Lloyd George....Pages 196-207
Back Matter....Pages 208-220