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  • The State and Business in the Major Powers

    An Economic History 1815-1939

    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the state emerged as a major player in the economies of the Western World.This important new volume provides an economic history for the period 1815-1939 of state/business relations in the major powers: France, Germany, Japan, Russia, UK and the USA. The book challenges the traditional story that the scale of state intervention reflected the degree to which ... Read more

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  • Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise

    A Comparison of the UK and Italy

    Series series Routledge International Studies in Business History
    After a quarter century of almost general condemnation and rebuttal of the entire nationalization experience, it appears that there are second thoughts about governmental direct intervention in the economy. Reappraising State-Owned Enterprise deals with a topic often undervalued in the past decade but which now, with the crisis of 2008-2009, calls for greater attention: the direct intervention of ... Read more

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