Britain in the 1970s : the troubled decade / edited by Richard Coopey and Nicholas Woodward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The British economy in the 1970s: an overview / Richard Coopey and Nicholas Woodward -- 2. Government and the economy / Dilwyn Porter -- 3. Economic ideas and the development of economic opinion / Noel Thompson -- 4. Economic growth in the 1970s / Nicholas F. R. Crafts -- 5. The emergence of rapid inflation / Max-Stephan Schulze and Nicholas Woodward -- 6. The retreat from full employment / Nicholas Woodward -- 7. British industrial policy / Jim Tomlinson -- 8. Britain and the Common Market / Catherine R. Schenk -- 9. The defence economy / Keith Hartley -- 10. "Beyond the merger mania": merger and de-merger activity / Terry Gourvish -- 11. Industry and de-industrialization in the 1970s / Geoffrey Tweedale -- 12. Trade unions, strikes and the government / Chris Wrigley.