Comparison of price and wage policies to combat inflation in the UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, Germany, Federal Republic and Italy - examines long term and short term effectiveness of such policies, trade union reactions, wages trends, income distribution, unemployment, etc. References.

Comparison of the influence of trade unionism on stabilization and incomes policies in nine Western European countries from 1960 to 1980 - discusses the theoretical background, unofficial strikes, income tax, competition, economic recession, wage determination, impact of unemployment and inflation, collective bargaining, "social contract" aspects, indexation, price control, workers participation, successes and failures of wage policy and price policy, etc. Diagram, graphs and references.

This book looks at how developing countries have had increasing difficulties, especially since the 1970s, in coping with inflation, in balancing efficiency and equity in wage policies, and in achieving economic growth and income distribution through appropriate taxation and expenditure programmes.

Written by Anne Romanis Braun, a former staff member of the IMF's Research Department, this volume deals with the nature of wage determination and the problem of securing an economically appropriate development of money incomes in an open economy over the medium term.

Macroeconomics: Private and Public Choice discusses the principle of macroeconomics, particularly government expenditure, taxation, public choice theory, and labor markets. The book also covers aggregate supply, fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment, traditional Keynesian theory, low productivity, rapid inflation. The text explains international economics and comparative systems such as the export-import link, export taxes, and foreign finance. It analyzes the existence of trade barriers as being due to domestic protectionism policies, special interest nature of trade restrictions, and economic illiteracy. The book examines the economics of government failure, namely, the collective decision-making process as being both beneficial and limited of public sector economic action. Among the reasons cited for government failure are voter ignorance, inefficient public policy, existence of special interests, imprecise knowledge of consumer preferences, as well as government shortsightedness. The book also examines why government intervention in some activities can be beneficial, for example, weak market competition or monopoly, uninformed consumers, and when conditions of external benefits can be achieved. Economists, sociologists, professors in economics, or policy makers involved in economic and rural development will find the text valuable.