Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy : The Attlee Years, 1945-1951 (Paperback)

List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Labour and the economy 1900?45; 2. Labour and the international economy I: Overall strategy; 3. Labour and the international economy II: The balance of payments; 4. Industrial modernisation; 5. Nationalisation; 6. Controls and planning; 7. The financial system; 8. Employment policy and the labour market; 9. Labour and the woman worker; 10. Towards a Keynesian policy; 11. The economics of the welfare state; 12. Equality versus efficiency?; 13. Conclusions: political obstacles to economic reform.