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Abstract: In conference - the size of the problem - the challenge of change - the new challenge - the problem of size - why do men work? - education - industry and the community - priorities - conclusions.

Abstract: The phenomenon - agricultural overpopulation and forced labour - full employment in an unfree society - the lessons of soviet experience.

Abstract: The history - Achievements and prospects.

Abstract: Approaches to the problem of underdevelopment - the historical context - the theoretical context - external economies and balanced growth - underemployment and factor-disequilibrium - models of development.

Abstract: Theory and history - custom and command - the rise of the market - city states and colonies - money, love and credit - the finances of the sovereign - the mercantilization of agriculture - the labour market - the industrial revolution - conclusion - appendix - index.

Abstract: The Belgium_Luxembourg economic Union, 1921-1939 - The building of Benelux, 1943-1960 - The european coal and steel community.

Abstract: The russian peasant - choices facing the soviet planner - the soviet consumer and the optimal plan - the market mechanism in a socialist economy - recent population trends in the USSR - long-run export policy in a centrally-planned economy - soviet farm oputput and food supply in 1970 - soviet statistical abstracts.

Abstract: The meaning of wealth - The business and the trade - The industrial system - How the industrial system works - Costs and surplus - The rent of land - Other surplus - Wages - Profits - Echange and prices - Demand and supply - The labour movement and state socialism - Foreign trade - Human values.

Abstract: The problem and the bakground - The static economy, 1903-1930: the failure to establish an export crop - The stimulated economy, 1931-1953.

Abstract: This book discusses the development of a theory on the growth of the firm. It is shown that the resources with which a particular firm is accustomed to working will shape the productive services its management is capable of rendering. The experience of management will affect the productive services that all its other resources are capable of rendering. As management tries to make the best use of the resources available, a ‘dynamic’ interacting process occurs which encourages growth but ...; [Read more...] This book discusses the development of a theory on the growth of the firm. It is shown that the resources with which a particular firm is accustomed to working will shape the productive services its management is capable of rendering. The experience of management will affect the productive services that all its other resources are capable of rendering. As management tries to make the best use of the resources available, a ‘dynamic’ interacting process occurs which encourages growth but limits the rate of growth.