Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents: Changes in the UK economic structure; company accounts as a source of financial information; firm objectives and firm behaviour; the small firm; mergers and acquisitions in the growth of the firm; oligopoly; the multinational enterprise; privatization and the nationalized industries; pricing in practice; economics of the environment; transport; microelectronics and information technology; consumption and saving; investment; public expenditure; taxation; the UK financial system; money; inflation; unemployment; regional and urban policy; trade unions, wages and collective bargaining; distribution of income and wealth; exchange rates; United Kingdom trade performance; protectionism; managing the economy; the European community; international money; a guide to sources.

An introductory textbook on applied economics which covers such topics as changes in the UK economic structure, oligopoly, company accounts and privatization and the nationalized industries.