Structure system and economic policy : proceedings of section F of the British asociation for the advancement of science held at the university of lancaster, 1-8 september, 1976

This is a volume of papers organised by Professor Leontief for the 1976 meeting of the Economics section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. There is in many countries a marked shift away from macroeconomic policy towards a policy concerned with the structure of the economy. Leontief's invention Input-Output Analysis - is central to such an industrial policy. It is the use of this technique in economic policy that provides the central theme of this volume. In the tradition of the British Association, the authors have made efforts to render their papers accessible to the non-technical reader and to emphasise the practical rather than the theoretical.

After a paper by Professor Leontief applying input-output to the future of the world economy, other papers consider prices, regional problems, material supplies, urban problems, technical progress, unemployment and energy policy. There are two papers with a broader view of the British economy, one surveying government policy on the industrial structure of the economy and one considering the use of input-output for monitoring the development of the economy,

Whilst some papers demand modest knowledge of economics, many do not. All will be of interest to those concerned with current problems and future solutions for the British economy.