Includes bibliographical references and index.

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; the nationalized industries and privatization; pricing in practice; 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 Economic Community; international money; a guide to sources.

Designed for undergraduate students in economics, the social sciences and business studies, this book is arranged with an element of progression thus taking the form of a course in applied economics. The authors aim to combine economic theory with analysis.