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Abstract: Commentary by the F.B.I. Industrial research committee - commentary by professor Bruce Williams on behalf of the N.I.E.S.R. - Statistical report by N.I.R.S.R. - appendices.

Abstract: Growth in post-war Belgium - A theory of investment for mature economies - Investment policies in post-war Belgium.

Abstract: General surveys - commodities - transport and communication - miscellaneous.

Abstract: The new pattern of Local Authorities - preparatory work by former authorities - creating the new authorities - relations between counties and districts - functions - staff - finance - the associations of local authorities - conclusion.

Abstract: Introduction - the volume of capital imports - the character of capital imports - the sources of capital - conclusion.

Abstract: Prometheus unbound - the assize of money - rotten herrings and revolution - the case for gold - conquering the monster - appendix : crisis of paper currencies.

Abstract: Introduction - method - commodity production - capital and exploitation - accumulation - the transition to capitalism - the circuit of industrial capital - crises - notes on theory of distribution - Marx's economics and contemporary capitalism.

Abstract: General introduction - parties and processes - economic influences in industrial relations-

Abstract: The evolution of futures markets - concpet of risk and the futures market organisation - the theory of speculation - the theoryof storage - the theory of inter-temporal price relations.

Abstract: Welfare abd the state revisited - the extension of the external economies argument - towards an economic theory of the state.

Abstract: Two early lectures - theory of production and distribution - on the work of his contemporaries - foreign trade problems.

Abstract: Rapid growth usually produces ugliness, untidiness and sprawl.

Abstract: This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the Seventh General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, which was held at Tutzing, near Munich,

Abstract: Historical survey - the operation of finance houses - principles and policy - instalment credit overseas - towards a free society.

Abstract: The history of mathematical economics before Cournot must in some respcts be regarded as consisting of antiquarian curiosa.

Abstract: Introduction - the operation laid out - prospects for sustaining a high level of business investment - research-key to growth and stability - the changing consumer market - the fateful art of marketing - government's expanding role - will there be enough and rugged enough competition? - prospects of avoiding disastrous price inflation - are agriculture's aches contagious? - U.S. business and the world overseas - the last round - up - development of the McGraw-Hill index of manufacturin ...; [Read more...] Introduction - the operation laid out - prospects for sustaining a high level of business investment - research-key to growth and stability - the changing consumer market - the fateful art of marketing - government's expanding role - will there be enough and rugged enough competition? - prospects of avoiding disastrous price inflation - are agriculture's aches contagious? - U.S. business and the world overseas - the last round - up - development of the McGraw-Hill index of manufacturing capacity - special problems in income distribution - improvements in the U.S. economic intelligence - special aids for small business.

Abstract: Introduction - Europe - Middle East and Africa - East Asia and Australia - Central America and the Caribbean - South America - Appendix.

Abstract: Outstanding features of 1947 - work of the sections of the chamber - parliament and shipping - departmental matters.

Abstract: Introduction: Planning and the market - Germany: The competitive order - France: A national programme - The united kingdom - The contribution of indicative programmes - Monetery and credit policy - Fiscal policy - Public expenditure - Prices, incomes and the labour merket - Regional policies and planning - The balance of payments - Planning in the european economic community - Conclusions.

Abstract: Introducion - The giant corporation - The tendency of surplus: dcpitalists consumption and investment - The absorption of surpli: the sales effort - The absorption of surpli: civilian government - The absorption of surpli: militarism and imperialism - On the history of monopoly capitalism - Monopoly capitalism and race relations - On the quality of monopèoly capitalist society - The irrational system.

Abstract: Preface - introductory note - the one product model - the many product model.

Abstract: Introduction - the world balnce sheet - the production race - expenditure on defence and aid to the uncommitted countries - inherent advantages and disadvantages of the communist economies - some aspects of growth in the soviet economy - soviet industry - soviet agriculture, fishing and forestry - the east european communist countries - the economy of China - the economic contacts of the communist countries with the rest of the world - the summing up- appendix I - appendix II.

Abstract: A world of chance - sample spaces and events - counting and computing - events related to events - the average, and deviations from it - correlation - population samples - trials with two outcomes - the normal distribution - raising, stars, and flying bombs - chance in nature . bibliography - answers to exercises - index.

Abstract: Introduction - the design of the enquiry - the prisoners - the wives - the wives separeted before imprisonment - discrepances between husbands and wives - adjustement to separation - civil prisoner and their families - welfare - hire-purchase - discussion of hypotheses and family typologies - summary of the principal findings.

Abstract: The theory of consumption and exchange - the theory of production - input analysis - the theory of production - output analysis - supplementary analysis - distribution - other aspects of economic theory.

Abstract: The setting - the management of growth - the enviroment for growth.

Abstract: Is our economy managed by natural law or by human institutions? - central management without a general manager - more about how economic activity is programed - private capital formation, government purchase, and the level of production - other aspects of central management in an industrialized economy - steps toward a modernized theory of the firm - three capital budget problems and certain other questions - improving pecuniary incentives - freedom of enterprise and personal freedom ...; [Read more...] Is our economy managed by natural law or by human institutions? - central management without a general manager - more about how economic activity is programed - private capital formation, government purchase, and the level of production - other aspects of central management in an industrialized economy - steps toward a modernized theory of the firm - three capital budget problems and certain other questions - improving pecuniary incentives - freedom of enterprise and personal freedom - two major problem areas.

Abstract: Introduction - requirements of capital markets - pre-war markets in foreign issues - entrpot for international capital - the market in dollar bonds - international interest rates - impact on euro-dollars - impact on the dollar exchange - impacton domestic interest rates - composite unit of account loans - the market in investment dollars - some broader implications - the future of european dollar loans.

Abstract: The role of economics - Growth and change: The barries - Planning.

Abstract: The record of western growth - The reason for accelerated growth - Investment and growth - The role of government in promoting growth - The international environment.

Abstract: Fiscal, monetary and general economic policy - economic planning - problems of management and the firm - problems of labour - Britain in the world economic - Sir Norman Kipping, K.B.E., Mr, J.M. Laing.

Abstract: The budget 1965 - a U.K. corporation tax - a U.K. capital gains tax.

Abstract: Characteristics of industrial growth - genesis of the industrial revolution in France and Germany -

Abstract: The history - Achievements and prospects.

Abstract: Labour relations at fawley - The origins of the blue book - The course of negotiations - The agreements in practice - An assessment of results - Lesson of winder application.

Abstract: A review of modern theory - a critique.

Abstract: Sources and scope of central bank law - the economic and social objectives of central banking - general structure and functions of central banks - the board of directors - chief executive officer of the central bank - monetary unit - issue of notes and coins and legal tender - assets required of central banks - relationship of central bank to government - transactions and relations between central bank and other banks - open market operations - qualitative or selective credit controls ...; [Read more...] Sources and scope of central bank law - the economic and social objectives of central banking - general structure and functions of central banks - the board of directors - chief executive officer of the central bank - monetary unit - issue of notes and coins and legal tender - assets required of central banks - relationship of central bank to government - transactions and relations between central bank and other banks - open market operations - qualitative or selective credit controls - licensing, supervision and inspection of banks - central banks functions and powers in foreign exchange and gold transactions - implementation of fund agreement through central bank law and related measures.

Abstract: The development of marketing theory - the marketing perspective - managing the marketing information and research function - managing the product planning function - managing the sales and distribution function - managing the advertising and promotion function - co - ordinating and controlling the marketing functions.

Abstract: The importance of human relations - Resistances to psychology - Illness and strife and the social scientist - The workings of the mind - group behaviour in industry - Why people work - Uses and abuses of leisure - The communication of ideas - Problems of particular personalities and situations - The essentials of leadrship and of being led - Resistances to teaching leadership Training courses in human relations - group discussions and role-playng - Mental first aid.

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 measurement of economic activity - the level of economic activity - growth and instability in economic activity - problems in the control of economic activity.

Abstract: Although less than two yars have passed since the publoication of the first edition of this work, it has become necessary to publish a second editin, both because of the passing of the Resale Prices Act, 1964, and because of a number of important decisions under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1956.

Abstract: The institutional framework - Motives and morals - Concepts and methods - Demand - Supply - Completed micro-models - Behaviour and evidence - Possible macro implications.

Abstract: The dilemmas of wage policy - the empirical setting of wage policy - trehnds of real wages in India, 1950-1955 - wgae policy and capital formation - the eployment aspect of wage policy - the problem of inflation - present wage policy in India: some comments - an approach to wage policy for economic development.

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

Abstract: Management aspects of industrial marketing research - The techniques of industrial marketing research.

Abstract: Capitalism - socialism - communism - fascism - concluding observations.

Abstract: Deficit financing: Some general considerations - Deficit financing during depression period - Deficit financin during war period - Deficit financing for economic development - Indian finances during depression and war period (1792-1945) - Indian financing during the post-war period (1946-1951) - Deficit financing in India during the process of economic development (the first fuve year plan, 1951-1956) - deficit financing in India during the process of economic development ( the second ...; [Read more...] Deficit financing: Some general considerations - Deficit financing during depression period - Deficit financin during war period - Deficit financing for economic development - Indian finances during depression and war period (1792-1945) - Indian financing during the post-war period (1946-1951) - Deficit financing in India during the process of economic development (the first fuve year plan, 1951-1956) - deficit financing in India during the process of economic development ( the second five year plan, 1956-1961) - Deficit financing economic development ( the third five year plan).

Abstract: The research gap and european growth - the conditions of industrial innovation - the evaluation of industrial research - assessing the economics of innovation - technical innovation : the key to faster growth? - some conditions of useful competition - competitive pressure and opportunity in innovation - industrial research and economic growth in Australia - investment and tecnìhnology in growth - information and criteria in capitali expenditure decisions - planning and technical progre ...; [Read more...] The research gap and european growth - the conditions of industrial innovation - the evaluation of industrial research - assessing the economics of innovation - technical innovation : the key to faster growth? - some conditions of useful competition - competitive pressure and opportunity in innovation - industrial research and economic growth in Australia - investment and tecnìhnology in growth - information and criteria in capitali expenditure decisions - planning and technical progress in Russia - the role of research and development institutes in applying science to industry - the automatic factory : the age of harmony, leisure and plenty? - economics in unwonted places.

Abstract: Asian perspectives - population pressure - food shortage - foreign trade - the raw material base - industrialization - transport and communication - national budgets - economic planning - international aid - the results for the asians.

Abstract: The general composition of eight national economics and of their manufacturing sectors - comparative plant size and concentration in selected manufacturing industries - comparative relationships of plant to company concentration - the rationale of structural differences.

Abstract: industry and planning - agriculture - housing,labour and trade - economic development in other communist countries.

Abstract: Introduction: Ralph Harris - Biographies - Health through choice D.S. Lees - Uk, commonwealth and common market: A Reappraisal James E. Meade - The wage fixers Henry Smith - Libraires: free-for-all?: A.P.Herbert - Relief for ratepayers: A.R. Ilersic.

Abstract: The importance of the cinema,principles for intervention - bachground:1900-1945 - Never-eding crisis - Power and the cinema - Power and the film-makers - American influence - Prospects for production - Cinema and public - Talent and training - The film unions and employment prospects - Proposals.

Abstract: Fads and fancies - Principles for growth - Welfare for affluenceStrategy for choice.

Abstract: Protection of infants principle - The political economists argument of the neighbourhood effects of education - Theoretical and empirical antecedents - New patterns in state responsibility.

Abstract: The theme defined - Case histories of 21 firms - Anatomy of businees enterprise - Enterprise-its purpose and prospects.

Abstract: introductory historical sketch -the nucleus of organisation - the rise of the modern money market - the struggle towards consolidation - confederacy, the great avowal and the supreme test.

Abstract: Strikes : and the car industry - the issues in dispute - productivity growth and technical change - strikes and the level of activity - wages in the motor industry - the work, workers and work situation - trade unions and shop stewards - the firms compared : and the employers' organization - the biggest strikes : and the role of individuals - industrial relations in foreign car firms.

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 plan and purpose of the book - The growth of firms - Industrial organisation - Incomes. A macro-economic survey - Overseas trade.

Abstract: Political participation as rational action - values and stable democracy: three theories - Values and democratic stability: the setting and the problems - The economic theory of democrecy - Testing theories of democrecy (1) - Testing theories of democredy (2).

Abstract: The evolution of modern economic theory - Schumpeter on the history of economic analysis - Bentham in the twentieth century - Malthus in perspective - Torrens's letters on commercial policy - The life of John Stuart Mill . Mill's essays on economi and society - Mill's principles of political economy - The place of Jevons in the history of economic thought - Philip Wicksteed as an economist - Wicksell's lectures on political economy - New light on knust wicksell - A biographical note on ...; [Read more...] The evolution of modern economic theory - Schumpeter on the history of economic analysis - Bentham in the twentieth century - Malthus in perspective - Torrens's letters on commercial policy - The life of John Stuart Mill . Mill's essays on economi and society - Mill's principles of political economy - The place of Jevons in the history of economic thought - Philip Wicksteed as an economist - Wicksell's lectures on political economy - New light on knust wicksell - A biographical note on Edwin Cannan - Montagu Norman: A monarch in the city - Harrod on Keynes - Robertson's lectures on economic principles.

Abstract: the worker and his job - The worker and his work group - The worker and his firm - The worker and his union - The worker and his economic future - Orientation to work and its social correlares.

Abstract: Economies, economizing,economists and economic science - The facts of economic life - Industry and commerce: occupations and their location - The market economy-I wants incomes - The market economy-II prices and profits - The cycles of economic activity - The instuments of State intervention in the market economiy - Economic planning or a planned economy?.

Abstract: The importance of the executive branch - the organizations of the executive branch - personnel in the executive branch - understanding the organizations - the executive branchin the political system - change, problem- solving and program development - the budgeting process - the politics of organization.

Abstract: Editorial introduction - The depletion of energy resources - Some issues in the current debate about energy and natural resources - comments on the papers by Robinson, and surrey and page - Discussion by conference delegates - optimal depletion of a replenish-able resource: an evaluation of recent contributions to fisheries economics - Discussion by conference delegates - Economic aspects of natural resource depletion - The desirability of natural resource depletion - Comments on the p ...; [Read more...] Editorial introduction - The depletion of energy resources - Some issues in the current debate about energy and natural resources - comments on the papers by Robinson, and surrey and page - Discussion by conference delegates - optimal depletion of a replenish-able resource: an evaluation of recent contributions to fisheries economics - Discussion by conference delegates - Economic aspects of natural resource depletion - The desirability of natural resource depletion - Comments on the papers by butlin. heal, and kay and mirrlees - Resource conservation and the market mechanism - discussion by conference delegates.

Abstract: Angell's viaion - De Gaulle's disengagement - Washington's legacy - Jackson's heirs - Lincoln's luck - Carnegie's cavalry - Chase's somersault - Morgan's mission - Mc Kinley's prayer - Bismarck's breakthrough - Warburg's americanization - Wilson's failure - Keynes's revolution - Morgenthau's mistakes - Roosevelt's success - Forrestal's dilemma - Truman's trap - Eisenhower's escape - Martin's mystique - Johnson's jungles - Mc Namara's mirage.

Abstract: The basic aggregative growth models - techincal progress - Cambridge growth and distribution theory - two - sector models - foundations of optimal economics.

Abstract: Introduction - tools of analysis - money and banking - foreign trade - planning for economic development - the possibilities of african economic unification.

Abstract: Main conclusions and how they were reached - the commission's procedure - the need for change - the changes needed : evidence of witnesses - the changes needed : evidence of research - our general principles - the principles applied - the work of the main authorities - local councils provincial councils - electoral arrangements - local government management - local government finance - transition to the new structure - the future - list of the commission's proposals.

Abstract: Technological change - the process of invention - size of firm, invention and innovation - competition in innovation - scientists and engineers : their supply and demand - the government's role - technological change in industry - co-operative industrial research - the universities' contribution - the background to the study - hovercraft production, operations and markets the technical development of the air cushion principle - the development of industry public involvment.

Abstract: Theory - applications - appendices.

Abstract: The analytical apparatus - economic evolution in the expansive time-horizon.

Abstract: The international gold standard and the multilateral credit and settlement system - the internaional gold standard system and foreign exchange control - birth of the bretton woods agreements- function and organization of the international monetary fund - policy of the international monetary fund - salient features of the international monetary fund and its problems - future of the international monetary system.

Abstract: The problem of cheoice of input factor - methodology of measurement of productivity - sharing gains in productivity - productivity and related variables - productivity in underdeveloped countries.

Abstract: Scope and method - book one : micro-economics - the intermediate theory of demand - the intermediate theory of supply - the theory of distribution - book two : macro - economics - the circular flow of income - money, credit and prices - the gains from trade - fluctuations and growth - economic analysis and policy.

Abstract: Historical - the philosophy of research - statistical methods - techniques of agricultural research - appendix.

Abstract: Genesis of antitrust - from form to substance - antitrust institutionalized.

Abstract: Introduction - production and the laws of supply and demand - individualism and collectivism - incomes, money and banking - Britain's economic problems.

Abstract: The economics of aggregates - the equilibrium of the economy as a whole - the level of employment - icome and consumption - the multiplier - the determinants of investment - foreign trade and the national income - the state and the national income - growth and fluctuations.

Abstract: The mathematical framework of the third five year plan - alternative numerical models of the third five year plan of India - the use of shadow prices in programme evaluation - choice elements in intertemporal planning - capital formation - an approach to a multi - sectoral intertemporal planning model - a simple optimizing and empirical analysis - an appraisal of alternative planning models - the existence of an optimum savings programme.

Abstract: The Kiakhta trade - British - Chines steamship rivalry in China - China's nineteenth century industrialization - the chinese labour force in the first part of the twentieth century - Sino- Soviet economic relations - a chienese discussion on planning for balanced growth - factor in Japan's economic growth - capital formation in pre - war Japan - economic development and foreign trade in pre - war Japan.

Abstract: Positive economics - Policy objectives.

Abstract: Historical and economic survey - Organisation and production - marketing - Research and information - General questions of future organisation - Scotland.

Abstract: The formation of a trust - The administration of a trust - Breach of trust.

Abstract: Britain and Europe in 1970 - Starting point: the state of european industry - The impact of free trade on british manufacturing - Special problems: agriculture and the commonwealth - Metal manufactures - general engineering - Electrical engineering - Motor vehicles - Aircraft, shipbuilding and railway vehicles - Chemicals and petroleum - Textiles and clothing - Miscellaneous industries.

Abstract: Finance - Foreign trade - Food and agriculture - Industry - Transport, communications and tourism - Social questions.

Abstract: Introduction and summary - General aspects of price control - Techniques - Some case studies - Special problems - Related controls - The future of controls.

Abstract: The nature of the industrial process - Mediaeval industrial organisation - Early capitalism - The domestic system - Remedies and reforms - The trade union movement - Revolutionary industrial movements - Is labour a commodity? The natural remuneration of labour from the finished product- Social implications of the arithmetic of wages - The palliative of profit-sharing - A new industrial society - The outline of a new industrial organisation - The status organisation of the labour force ...; [Read more...] The nature of the industrial process - Mediaeval industrial organisation - Early capitalism - The domestic system - Remedies and reforms - The trade union movement - Revolutionary industrial movements - Is labour a commodity? The natural remuneration of labour from the finished product- Social implications of the arithmetic of wages - The palliative of profit-sharing - A new industrial society - The outline of a new industrial organisation - The status organisation of the labour force - Salaried share production system of remuneration - Salaried share remuneration - The actual results - The ability of the management to provide regular employment - The second stage - The integration of the managerial group - The third stage - The alignment of the capital interests - The state and federal share production - Labour and federal share production - Management and federal share production - The meaning of value and price in a federal share production system - Industrial efficiency and the significance of the finished product.

Abstract: Part one: 1763-1850 - Part two: 1850-1909 - Conclusion.

Abstract: Fixed costs -The two-part tariff - The economics of loyalty - The inter-relations of loyalty - Competition in retail trade - Monopoly and th law - The administration of socialist enterprises.

Abstract: Various monetary theories - The old philosophers and the writers of the middle ages - The beginning of modern history - The eighteenth century - Adam Smith - The nineteenth century - Modern Writers - The yield theory of the value of money.