The coal question : political economy and industrial change from the nineteenth century to the present day / Ben Fine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fine, Ben, author.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge Revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal trade--Great Britain--History.

Coal trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The coal industry has always occupied a symbolic place in British economic and political life, inspiring debates and arousing passions throughout the last two centuries. This account of the economics of coal, first published in 1990, is unique in its comprehensive three-part approach. First, Ben Fine charts the ways in which the theoretical understanding of the British coal industry has changed over the past two centuries and discusses the arguments surrounding public ownership versus the privatization of the industry. In the second part, the book presents a critical assessment of the exist

Contents:

Cover; The Coal Question; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part one Monopoly and coal; 1 Monopoly capitalism and the coal vend; 2 Cartels and rationalization in the 1930s; Part two Coal royalties; 3 Royalty or rent: what's in a name?; 4 Royalties: from private obstacle to public burden?; Part three Cliometrics and coal; 5 Returning to factor returns: the late nineteenth century coal industry; 6 Returns to scale in the interwar coal industry; 7 The diffusion of mechanical coal cutting

Part four Towards privatization?8 The commanding heights of public corporation economics; 9 Privatization and property rights: from electricity to coal; 10 Coal: the ultimate privatization; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1990 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 10, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-04047-8

0-203-78407-3

1-135-04048-6

9780203784075

OCLC:

841963665