Economic PolicyThe third book in The Labour Governments 1964-70 series, this text concentrates on Britain's economic policy under Britain's Labour governments in the 1960s. It assesses the origins, development and outcomes of the attempts by Harold Wilson's Labour governments to modernize the British economy. had developed since the 1940s as well as the economic legacy they inherited from the previous 13 years of Conservative rule. After outlining this context and providing a summary narrative of economic policy over this period, Labour's approach to the international economy is analysed. The core of the book then goes on to look in detail at the policies directly concerned with modernization. Following the agenda set by the National Plan of 1965, policies on planning, investment, technical change, the labour market and the nationalized industries are all considered. In addition, the productivity campaign of the late 1960s is shown to have encapsulated many of the underlying ideas and problems of Labour's approach to economic policy. The final section of the book asks how the pursuit of modernization affected Labour's commitment to social justice, before offering an overall assessment of Labour's period of office. economic historians and those interested in the history of the Labour party. Together with the other books in the series, on domestic policy and international policy, it provides a complete picture of the development of Britian under the premiership of Harold Wilson. |
Contents
Labour and the international economy from Attlee to Wilson | 21 |
a narrative of policy | 49 |
Planning | 68 |
Investment technology and the firm | 94 |
The labour market and the trade unions | 123 |
Modernising the public sector | 152 |
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agenda argued argument Attlee government balance of payments Balogh Beckerman Blackaby Board of Trade Britain British Economic Policy British History budget Cabinet conclusions Cairncross Callaghan Cambridge capital Castle cent Chancellor Chapter Cmnd Committee Commonwealth concern Conservatives Crosland debate December deflationary devaluation discussion effects efficiency emphasised employment especially expansion exports favour focus growth Harold Wilson idea important incomes policy increase Industrial policy industrial relations investment grants issue January Jenkins July Kaldor Labour government Labour Party linked macro-economic Manpower manufacturing measures ment mergers Minister Ministry Ministry of Technology MinTech modernisation National Plan nationalised industries NBPI NEDC November October Place of Strife political pound PREM Prices and Incomes problem proposals public expenditure public ownership public spending role Roy Jenkins sector sterling area suggested targets taxation Technology Tomlinson trade unions Treasury wage White Paper Wilson
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