Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The political economy of competitiveness :

Kitson, Michael, 1959-

The political economy of competitiveness : essays on employment, public policy and corporate performance / Michael Kitson and Jonathan Michie. - New York : London : Routledge, 2000. - xix, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary political economy series .

Includes bibliographical references (p.[173]-188) and index.

1 Introduction and overview Part 1 Globalisation 2 Globalisation, unemployment and government policy 3 Trade Theory and policy 4 Trade and growth: an historical perspective Part 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 Part III Public policy and corporate Performance 8 From welfare to work? 9 Markets, competition and innovation

9780415204965 0415204968 (pbk)

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Competition--Government policy--Great Britain.
Economics.
Competition.


Great Britain--Economic conditions.
Great Britain--Social conditions.

HC256. / K58 2000

338.6/048/0941