Part 1: Dimensions of Industrial Policy 1. The Importance of Pragmatism 2. The Concept of Industrial Policy 3. Competition and the Public Interest 4. The Nation State as a Protective Device Part 2: The Conduct of Industrial Policy 5. The Problem of Dialogue 6. Intervention at Arm’s Length 7. The Problem of Ministerial Responsibility 8. Of Checks and Balances 9. Towards Criteria for Industrial Policy
Biography
Edmund Dell was a British politician and businessman who served as Birkenhead's Labour MP from 1964–79 and became James Callaghan's secretary of state for trade 1976–78. He later joined the Social Democratic party and the Liberal Democrats. After Parliament, Dell had a career in business as chairman of Guinness Peat, founding chairman of Channel 4 and as a director of Shell Trading.
Review of the first publication:
‘Edmund Dell has produced a book of wisdom and some wit…a man who has seen real problems at first hand.’
— The Times
