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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792088103321

Autore

Cole G. D. H (George Douglas Howard), <1889-1959., >

Titolo

Early pamphlets and assessment / / [G.D.H. Cole] ; with a new introduction by Noel Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-59172-3

9786613904171

1-136-88586-2

0-203-83961-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Selected works / G. D. H. Cole ; ; vol. 1

Disciplina

330.0924

335.14

Soggetti

Guild socialism

Socialism - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Pamphlets first published between 1921 and 1956.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

EARLY PAMPHLETS AND ASSESSMENT; Copyright; An Introduction to the Selected Works of G.D.H. Cole; UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE; Unemployment and Industrial Maintenance; THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIALISM; The Society for Socialist Inquiry and Propaganda; The Principles of Socialism; I What is Socialism?; II What is Capitalism?; III Socialist Objectives; IV Production and Distribution; V Socialisation; VI Social Services; VII The Transition to Socialism; VIII Socialism And Internationalism; What To Read; The Bank of England; I What is the Bank of England ?; II What the Bank of England Does

III Bank NotesIV The Government's Banker; V The Banker's Bank; VI Bank Rate; VII The Bank's International Position; VIII Socialisation; What To Read; MONETARY SYSTEMS AND THEORIES; Foreword; Preface; Monetary Systems and Theories; I; II; III; HOW TO OBTAIN FULL EMPLOYMENT; Foreword; HOW TO OBTAIN FULL EMPLOYMENT; Chapter One What is meant by full Employment?; Chapter Two The Outlook for Employment after the War; Chapte Three On What does the General Level of Employment Depend?; Points For Discussion; Chapter Four Public Works and Employment; Chapter Five The Maintenance of



Consumption

Chapter Six International Aspects of Full EmploymentPOINTS FOR DISCUSSION; Appendix A Note on the Supply of Labour after The War; Note; The Main Stages of Iron and Steel Production; WHY NATIONALISE STEEL?; CONTENTS; DIAGRAMS AND TABLES; 1 The Problem Stated; When is Socialisation "" Socialistic ? ""; Steel and Capitalism; Why "" Disturb "" the Steel Industry ?; 2 THE STEEL INDUSTRY ANALYSED; Steel and Coal; Integration and Location; Where Does the Steel Industry Begin and End?; Pig-iron and Ore-mining; Scrap; The Non-Ferrous Metals; The Making of Ingot Steel; Alloy and Special Steels

Wrought Iron and Ironfounding"" Semis "" and the Finishing Trades; Public and Private Sectors; The Federation and the Cartel; The Steel Problem in Western Europe; The State and the Federation; Output of Steel Ingots in the United States and in Western Europe, 1937-9 and 1946-7; 3 THE FEDERATION'S PLAN EXAMINED; How Much Steel do we Need ?; Home and Export Targets; The Financial Aspect; Obsolete Plant and the Federation Targets; How Much can we Afford to Scrap ?; The Iron and Steel Federation's Plan for Building and Scrapping by 1953; Costs and Prices; 4 WHY NATIONALISATION?

The Steel Industry's Record ConsideredSteel Production in Great Britain, 1913 and 1924-1947; Imports of Steel into Great Britain, 1913 and 1929-1937; Steel Prices; British Steel Prices after 1929; The Fall in Exports; British Steel Exports, 1913 and 1929-1937; Why the Steel Industry Tends to Restrictive Monopoly; Steel and Armaments.; The Fears of Excess Capacity; Steel and the Balance of Payments; Principal British Exports of Iron and Steel, 1938 and 1947; Other British Exports Largely Dependent on Steel; The Problems of Centralisation; 5 THE METHOD AND THE PROBLEMS

The Method of Acquisition

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of extremely rare pamphlets spans over thirty years of prolific output by G D H Cole. It encompasses the challenges of full employment and the role re-armament in achieving that, nationalizing industries, the principles of socialism and the welfare state.