Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Economics

1 primary work

Why are the British Bad at Manufacturing?

by Karel Williams, John Williams, and Dennis Thomas

Published May 1983

This book, first published in 1983, offers a new explanation for the poor performance of British manufacturing since 1950. Rather than invoke orthodox economic theory or general social factors, the book analyses four national conditions – enterprise control over the labour process; market structure and the composition of demand; the relation of manufacturing enterprise to financial institutions like banks and stock exchanges; and the relation of manufacturing enterprise to government.