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878952
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Chick, Martin,1958-
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| Title & Author
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Industrial policy in Britain, 1945-1951 : : economic planning, nationalisation, and the Labour governments /\ Martin Chick.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1998.
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1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511000618
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: 0521482917
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: 058503446X
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: 9780511000614
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: 9780521482912
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: 9780585034461
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0521482917
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 economic planning -- 2 new Jerusalem? -- 3 Allocating resources -- 4 Nationalism -- 5 Monopoly pricing -- 6 Appraising investment -- 7 Planning Rationalisation -- 8 Return to the market? -- Index.
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This is a detailed archive-based study of the economic planning of the Attlee governments, in which the author seeks to analyse the interaction between the decisions of central planners and the micro-economic effects of these decisions. Throughout the book, Martin Chick pays particular attention to the level, pattern and quality of fixed capital investment. At the same time, there is a continuous concern with the struggle between politicians, economists and industrialists over the mix of pricing mechanisms and administrative orders which were to be used in this period. This struggle permeated all discussions over matters such as the organisation of nationalised industries, the monopoly structure of nationalised industries, the allocation of resources and the promotion of higher productivity. The author also asks what impact, if any, economic planning had on the productivity performance of the UK economy.
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Industrial policy-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Government Business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
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Economic policy.
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Industrial policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
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Politics and government
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Great Britain, Economic policy, 1945-1964.
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Great Britain, Politics and government, 1945-1964.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.941/009/045
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| LC Classification
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HD3616.G72C47 1998eb
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