This volume, originally published in 1979, examines systematically the nature of control in both capitalist and socialist economies, develops a theoretical and applied framework which can embrace both macroeconomics and plannng and demonstates the essential unity of all forms of macroeconomic planning by the consistent application of basic economic principles.

Bowles, Roger ; Whynes, David

1. Macroeconomics and Planning 2. The Need for Planning 3. The Derivation of Planning Objectives 4. The Nature of the Economy 5. Optimisation 6. Planning in Practice 7. Conclusions.