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The political economy of competitiveness : essays on employment, public policy and corporate performance
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The political economy of competitiveness : essays on employment, public policy and corporate performance / Michael Kitson and Jonathan Michie.
ISBN
1315008866 (electronic bk.)
9781315008868 (electronic bk.)
041520495X
0415204968
9780415204958
9780415204965
Published
New York : Routledge, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 193 pages : : illustrations.)
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Summary
This volume offers an original perspective on the relationship between economic theory and policy. Written in an accessible style, it discusses the lessons of economic theory and policy from a broad political economy perspective. Rejecting the narrowness of mainstream economics the authors deploy an interdisciplinary approach to the problem of economic growth, placing it in its historical and political context. Issues covered include: trade theory and policy British industrial decline and policy markets, competition and innovation globalisation, unemployment and government policy.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Contemporary political economy series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Ajit Singh. 1. Introduction and overview
Pt. I. Globalisation. 2. Globalisation, unemployment and government policy. 3. Trade theory and policy. 4. Trade and growth: a historical perspective
Pt. II. History versus equilibrium. 5. Recession and economic revival in Britain: the role of policy in the 1930s and 1980s. 6. The tale of two recessions: 1929 and the Gold Standard, 1992 and the ERM. 7. Britain's industrial performance since 1960: underinvestment and relative decline
Pt. III. Public policy and corporate governance. 8. From welfare to work? 9. Markets, competition and innovation.
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Economics
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