Product Description: In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing Great Recession of 2008 to 2013, the economic debate has begun to shift towards 'rebalancing' the UK economy, away from an over-reliance upon consumerism and the financial sector to generate growth, towards more sustainable productive activities...read more

Product Description: Competition, Monopoly and Corporate Governance covers three broad themes, each associated with a particular strand of Keith Cowling's own writings in industrial economics and each represented by four specially commissioned papers...read more

After a decade or more of privatisation and deregulation there is a growing consensus that government can have a positive role in promoting industrial development. This book explores a variety of ways in which this might be made to happen. A common theme is the need for participation at the appropriate level: too often industrial policy has been hampered by overcentralised decision-making. Containing contributions by some of Europe's leading industrial economists, Industrial Policy for Europe covers subjects from small business to macroeconomics. (view table of contents)

Product Description: The failure of "socialism" in 1989 led many to declare a "triumph of capitalism". The denouement has quickly followed with negative growth in parts of Europe (dramatically so in the formerly centrally "planned" economies to the East), stagnation in the United States and even Japan, and deepening crises in Africa and Latin America...read more

Product Description: Europe's Economic Challenge considers what sort of industrial economic strategy would prepare Europe for the next century. The authors examine the broad approaches to industrial policy and explore future possibilities for what is needed if these policies are to become reality.

Product Description: This book, based on papers presented at a workshop, focuses on the prominent issues facing industrial economists now and in the future. The papers cover theoretical foundations, production processes, case histories from the Third World, and issues with relevance for Eastern Europe...read more

Product Description: This book aims to present a non-technical, yet fully-supported, analysis of the sort of economic and industrial policies which Britain (and similarly placed countries) needs if its industry is to thrive and prosper in the 1990s. More specifically, it is intended as a contribution to the debate on the future economic and industrial policies to be adopted by the Left...read more