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The need for long-term economic planning to promote efficiency was a central component of Labour Party thinking until the 1970s. The Conservative Party largely agreed, producing the postwar consensus, namely the broad bipartisan agreement on major policies. [31] A long-term economic plan was a phrase often used in British politics.
Decentralized planning is usually held in contrast to centralized planning, in particular the Soviet-type economic planning of the Soviet Union's command economy, where economic information is aggregated and used to formulate a plan for production, investment and resource allocation by a single central authority.
The Road to Serfdom is a book by the Austrian-British economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek.In the book, Hayek "[warns] of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning."
Individualism and Economic Order is a book written by Friedrich Hayek. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a collection of essays originally published in the 1930s and 1940s, discussing topics ranging from moral philosophy to the methods of the social sciences and economic theory to contrast free markets with planned economies. [ 4 ]
Development economics is a branch of economics that deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example, through health, education and workplace conditions, whether ...
"The life and time of Ragnar Nurkse" (PDF). Conference on "Ragnar Nurkse (1907–2007): Classical Development Economics and Its Relevance for Today" ,Tallinn, 31 August – 1 September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2012 "Ragnar Nurkse's Development Theory" (PDF). Bremen University of Applied Sciences.
The theory of economic development: an inquiry into profits, capital, credit, interest, and the business cycle. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books. ISBN 978-0878556984. Translated from the 1911 original German, Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Schumpeter, Joseph A. (1954). Economic doctrine and method: an historical sketch ...
Lionel Robbins' Essay (1932, 1935, 2nd ed., 158 pp.) sought to define more precisely economics as a science and to derive substantive implications. Analysis is relative to "accepted solutions of particular problems" based on best modern practice as referenced, especially including the works of Philip Wicksteed, Ludwig von Mises, and other Continental European economists.