Description
This book addresses some of the major issues associated with competition in theory and practice. Among other essays, Paul Samuelson considers the theoretical underpinning of privatising state assets. Mary Gregory ponders on the possibility of cooperation rather than competition between employer and worker and whether incomes policies are likely to feature on a medium-term political agenda. Christopher Moir claims that food retail markets are not as competitive as is often claimed and that large food retailers may enjoy monopoly profits. Aubrey Silbertson very cogently sets out the orthodox case for removing trade protection on the industrialised world’s clothing industries. Frontispiece: Margaret Hall – Preface – Notes on Contributors – Biographical Notes; J.Vaughan & E.Thomson – Introduction – COMPETITION – When Deregulation Makes Things Worse Before They Get Better; P.A.Samuelson – Incomes Policies: Past and Future Roles; M.Gregory – Women in Education; S.Williams – The Growth of Small Firms in the UK; D.Mayes & C.Moir – Textile Markets and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement; A.Silberston – A Perspective on UK Competition Policy; R.Opie – COMPETITION AND RETAILING – Competition in UK Grocery Retailing; C.Moir – Economies of Scale in British Food Retailing; G.McClelland – The Gaitskell Report Revisited; G.Pratt – RETAILING – Economic Theory, Retail Output and Capacity in British Retailing; D.Thorpe – Launching the CBI/FT Survey of the Distributive Trades; C.Burton – OTHER ESSAYS – The Contribution of the Service Sector to the Growth of the United Kingdom Economy; W.Eltis & A.Murfin – The Economics of Advice; H.Phelps Brown – Margaret Hall: a Professional Biography and Select Bibliography – Index
