1st Edition
The British Economy Problems and Prospects
Part 1: Key Problems I: A ‘Mal du Siècle’ ? 1. The Growth of the Economy 2. British Elites 3. The Affluent Society II: Demand Management, Or the Policy of ‘Stop-Go’ 1. What is Stop-Go’? 2. The Instruments of Demand Management Policy 3. Lessons of the 1950s III: The Balance of Payments and Its Problems 1. Evolution of the Balance of Payments Since the War 2. Short-Term Fluctuations in the Balance of Payments 3. The Pound Sterling IV: Regional Imbalance 1. The Facts 2. The Chosen Policies 3. The Balance Sheet Part 2: New Trends V: The First Planning Experiment: The Conservatives and the National Economic Development Council 1. Preliminary Questions 2. The Solution Adopted in 1961 3. Partial Failure of the 1961-6 Programme VI. Labour and Planning 1. Machinery of the Plan 2. Prospects of Growth, 1965-70 3. The Economic Situation Since October 1964 VII: In Seach of an Incomes Policy 1. The Facts 2. The Period 1961-4 3. The Labour Government VIII: Regional Restructuring 1. New General Measures of the Conservatives 2. Labour’s Regional Policy 3. The New Regions – Some Case Studies IX: Modernization 1. The Elites 2. An Active Labour Market Policy 3. Science and Technology.
Biography
John Hackett worked as an economist with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.
Anne-Marie Hackett was Conseiller Référendaire at the French Cour des Comptes.
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