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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824384403321

Autore

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

Titolo

The next ten years in British social and economic policy [[electronic resource] /] / G.D.H. Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-136-88551-X

1-283-10548-9

9786613105486

0-203-83956-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

G.D.H. Cole : selected works ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

320.531

335.14

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Great Britain

Working class - Great Britain

Great Britain Economic policy

Great Britain Economic conditions 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : Macmillan and Co., 1929.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: POLITICS, OLD AND NEW; CHAPTER II: BRITISH TRADE AND THE FUTURE; CHAPTER III: THE UNEMPLOYED; CHAPTER IV: THE RESTORATION OF INDUSTRY; CHAPTER V: THE NEW CAPITALISM; CHAPTER VI: RATIONALISATION; CHAPTER VII: SOCIALISATION; CHAPTER VIII: WORKERS' CONTROL; CHAPTER IX: WAGES-FAMILY ALLOWANCES-POPULATION; CHAPTER X: THE SUPPLY OF CAPITAL; CHAPTER XI: BANKS AND CREDIT; CHAPTER XII: AGRICULTURE AND THE LAND; CHAPTER XIII: THE CONTROL OF TRADE AND PRICES; CHAPTER XIV: THE EMPIRE-FOREIGN AFFAIRS

CHAPTER XV: LOCAL GOVERNMENTCHAPTER XVI: EDUCATION; CHAPTER XVII: THE LABOUR BUDGET-DEBT AND TAXATION; CHAPTER XVIII: THE LABOUR BUDGET-EXPENDITURE; CHAPTER XIX: THE NEXT LABOUR GOVERNMENT; CHAPTER XX: CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX I: BRITISH TRADE; APPENDIX II: UNEMPLOYMENT; APPENDIX III: WAGES; APPENDIX



IV: THE FLOW OF CAPITAL; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume was Cole's first major work of political economy in almost a decade and it effectively positioned him as a mainstream Fabian who sought to stabilize capitalism before progressing socialism by essentially statist means. Influenced by J A Hobson and Maynard Keynes the imperative for Cole became the formulation of a strategy which would mitigate the suffering of the masses and lay the basis for socialist advance.