Labour policy—false and true : $b A study in economic history and industrial economics — John Shaqi
Labour policy—false and true : $b A study in economic history and industrial economicsMacassey, Lynden Livingston
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Labour policy—false and true : $b A study in economic history and industrial economics
Macassey, Lynden Livingston
Industrial policy -- Great Britain; Labor economics -- Great Britain; Labour Party (Great Britain)
Capital and the Administrative Staff—Capital and the Manual
Workers—The Manual Workers _inter se_—The Administrative
Staff and the Manual Workers—Industry and the Consuming
Community—Industry and the Nation.
XXII The Right Relationship of Government to Industry 235
1. The Policy for the Present Depression.—Establishment
of International Peace—Reduction of National
Expenditure—Lowering of Taxation—Stabilizing the
Exchanges—Revision of Financial Policy—Reconsideration
of Reparations Policy—Inter-Allies Debts—Export
Credits—Bringing down Costs of Production.
XXIII The Right Relationship of Government to Industry 246
2. The Normal Position Of Government in Relation to
Industry.—Regulation of Factory Conditions—Conciliation
and not Intervention—Protection of the Community—Wages
in Unorganized Industries—Industrial Research—Need of a
Real Ministry of Labour—Regulation of Combinations and
Monopolies.
XXIV The Right Relationship between Employers and Employed 256
1. Contentment in Industry.—(_a_) Provision against
Unemployment.—Equalization of Demand for Labour—Insurance
against Unemployment—Need of a Job-Finding
Organization—Insurance by State or Industry—State
Insurance—Insurance by Industry or Industries—Reform of
Present Outdoor Relief System—Unemployment Insurance by
Firms.
XXV The Right Relationship between Employers and Employed 263
1. Contentment in Industry.—(_b_) Human Status of the
Worker in Industry.—The Slowness of Ordinary Conciliation
Machinery—The Whitley Councils Scheme—Joint National
and District Industrial Councils—Works’ Committees—The
Slow Progress of Works’ Committees—The Success of Works’
Committees on the Clyde—Executive Management a Matter for
Employers.
XXVI The Right Relationship between Employers and Employed 271
1. Contentment in Industry.—(_c_) Remuneration of the
Worker.—Uniform National Wages—Wage Relationships
among the Workers—Wages and the Community—Are Higher
Wages Practicable?—The Settlement of Wages—Systems of
Remuneration—What is a Fair Wage?—Other Essentials to
Industrial Contentment.
XXVII The Right Relationship between Employers and Employed 280
2. Co-operation in Industry.—The Workers’ Own Resort to
Co-operation—The Marxian Argument against Co-operation—Some
Workshop Applications—The Marxian Fallacy of the Origin of
Capital—The Marxian Fallacy of Value—The Need of Sympathy
in Workshop Life—The Need of Strict Justice—The Money Value
of Sympathy in Industry—The Sympathetic Handling of Labour
a Special Art—An Illustration of its Successful Application.
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