1st Edition
Industrial Policy (Routledge Revivals) USA and UK Debates
By Grahame Thompson
Copyright 2015
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
With the advent of Thatcherism in the UK and Reaganomics in the USA, ‘industrial policy’ had become something of a discredited notion in the 1980s. The emphasis had shifted to programmes of deregulation, de-nationalization, and tax reform.
The essays in this challenging and vigorous collection, first published in 1989, sprung from work that had been conducted in the USA, notably at the Harvard... Read more
Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction 2. The American industrial policy debate: any lessons for the UK? Grahame Thompson 3. Made in USA Karel Williams 4. Accounting for failure in the nationalized enterprises- coal, steel, and cars since 1970 Karel Williams, Colin Haslam, Andrew Wardlow and John Williams 5. The end of mass production? Karel Williams, Tony Cutler, John Williams and Colin Haslam 6. Overseas investment and left policy proposals Allin Cottrell; Name index; Subject index
Biography
Thompson, Grahame
