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THE BRITISH ECONOMY
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MOST
of
the
chapters
in
this
book
are
studies
of
economic
develop-
ment
and
policies
in
-various
fields
in
the
years
1945-50.
The
chapters
which
now
constitute
Part
II
were,
however,
designed
as
a
background,
describing
the
structure
and
principal
characteris-
tics
of
the
British
economy.
There
were
obvious
disadvantages
in
splitting
up
the
national
income
chapter
into
two
parts,
one
pre-
1945
an
d
the
other
post-
1945,
so
that
a
single
chapter
on
national
income,
together
with
the
introduction,
comes
at
the
beginning
of
the
book.
The
treatment
of
the
various
topics
was
left
largely
to
the
individual
authors,
but
they
were
asked
to
pay
particular
attention
to
advice
about
further
reading.
The
fruits
of
this
will
be
found
in
the
bibliographical
notes
at
the
end
of
the
book.
Following
the
example
of
the
Survey
of
Contemporary
Economics
we
appointed
'readers'
for
each
chapter,
for
the
most
part
from
among
our
own
numbers.
In
this
Tv^ay
we
endeavoured
both
to
avoid
too
much
duplication
and
to
ensure
that
we
did
not
leave
out
too
many
impor-
tant
matters.
As
a
result
many
of
the
first,
and
second,
drafts
were
substantially
rewritten,
but
the
last
word
has
always
been
left
with
the
author,
who
alone
takes
responsibility
for
his
contribution.
The
contributors
represent
no
particular
doctrine,
nor
do
they
share
a
common
political
outlook,
nor
have
the
Editors
attempted
to
reconcile
doctrinal
or
political
differences
among
them.
The
debts
of
authors
to
readers
largely
cancel
out
and
need
not
be
enumerated.
We
should
like
to
thank
Mr.
F.
A.
Burchardt
and
Mr.
G.
D.
A.
MacDougall
for
valuable
advice
in
planning
the
book,
and
Mr.
F.
W.
Glaves-Smith,
Mr.
R.
L.
Hall,
Mr.
K.
E.
Robinson,
and
Dr.
C.
S.
Orwin
for
comments
on
particular
chapters.
We
have
been
much
helped
by
a
number
of
economists
and
others
who
have
given
us
permission
to
quote
their
statistical
tables.
Finally
we
should
like
to
express,
on
behalf
of
contributors
and
ourselves,
our
gratitude
to
Miss
B.
M.
Gisborne>
who
gave
invaluable
help
in
preparing
the
Index,
and
typed
many
chapters,
and
to
Miss
V.
E.
Titcomb
and
other
members
of
the
staff
of
the
Institute
of
Statistics
for
assistance
in
the
typing
of
successive
chapters.
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Economics
English
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