This book, originally published in 1981, is a major reassessment of the strengths and weaknesses of incomes policies. A distinguished group of economists comprehensively review the rationale and history of the field, giving special attention to the role fo the public sector, the question of low pay and the differing approaches to incomes policies which have been adopted in Europe and North America.

Economic research study of structural changes in incomes policies as a consequence of prolonged inflation in the USA - analyses trends in wage policy, discusses the problem of trade union power in connection with wages-push inflation, the introduction of direct controls, such as price and wage freezes, fiscal policy, etc. And their impact on unemployment, etc. References.

Economic research paper on attempts to alleviate inflation through incomes policies from the 1950s to the 1971 wages-price freeze in the USA - reviews the origin, development and abandonment of wage guideposts (wage policy), examines efforts to induce appropriate price and wage behaviour in industry, particularly the iron and steel industry, etc. References.

Conference report on a meeting to discuss monetary policy controls to prevent inflation and unemployment - covers prices, wages, foreign trade, investments, the balance of payments, etc. Statistical tables. Conference held in Chicago 1966 apr.