G. D. H. Cole was one of the foremost British socialist thinkers of the twentieth century. His literary output was immense and encompassed works of social theory, economics, political economy, economic history, social and labour history, political theory, history of thought and sociology. The books and pamphlets chosen for this edition are amongst his most significant. They are representative of the different phases of his thinking and illustrative of an acute and inquiring socialist mind as it wrestled with the formidable political and intellect challenges confronted by socialists in this most turbulent of centuries.
This set re-issues 10 works of the well-known socialist thinker G. D. H. Cole and one volume of collected pamphlets, originally published between 1917 and 1956. The works in this collection encompass three critical periods of Cole’s socialist thinking: the guild socialist decade from 1913-23; the post 1929 period when his political economy was dominated by the notion of socialist economic intervention and planning, and the post-war period when, like other socialist theorists, he sought to come to terms with the particular challenges posed by the legacy of the Attlee governments, and the emergence of an affluent society. A substantial introduction by Noel Thompson places the works in their social, political and historical context and illustrates their continued relevance.
Author(s): G. D. H. Cole, Noel Thompson
Series: G. D. H. Cole: Selected Works
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 3576
City: London
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Volume1
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An Introduction to the Selected Works of G.d.h. Cole
Unemployment and Industrial Maintenance
Unemployment and Industrial Maintenance
The Principles of Socialism
The Society for Socialist Inquiry and Propaganda
The Principles of Socialism
I What Is Socialism?
Ii What Is Capitalism?
Iii Socialist Objectives
Iv Production and Distribution
V Socialisation
Vi Social Services
Vii the Transition to Socialism
Viii Socialism and Internationalism
What to Read
The Bank of England
I What Is the Bank of England ?
Ii What the Bank of England Does
Iii Bank Notes
Iv the Government's Banker
V the Banker's Bank
Vi Bank Rate
Vii the Bank's International Position
Viii Socialisation
What to Read
Monetary Systems and Theories
Foreword
Preface
Monetary Systems and Theories
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How to Obtain Full Employment
Foreword
How to Obtain Full Employment
Chapter One What Is Meant by Full Employment?
Chapter Two the Outlook for Employment After the War
Chapte Three on What Does the General Level of Employment Depend?
Points for Discussion
Chapter Four Public Works and Employment
Chapter Five the Maintenance of Consumption
Chapter Six International Aspects of Full Employment
Points for Discussion
Appendix a Note on the Supply of Labour After the War
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Why Nationalise Steel?
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1 the Problem Stated
When Is Socialisation " Socialistic ? "
Steel and Capitalism
Why " Disturb " the Steel Industry ?
2 the Steel Industry Analysed
Steel and Coal
Integration and Location
Where Does the Steel Industry Begin and End?
Pig-iron and Ore-mining
Scrap
The Non-ferrous Metals
The Making of Ingot Steel
Alloy and Special Steels
Wrought Iron and Ironfounding
" Semis " and the Finishing Trades
Public and Private Sectors
The Federation and the Cartel
The Steel Problem in Western Europe
The State and the Federation
3 the Federation's Plan Examined
How Much Steel Do We Need ?
Home and Export Targets
The Financial Aspect
Obsolete Plant and the Federation Targets
How Much Can We Afford to Scrap ?
Costs and Prices
4 Why Nationalisation?
The Steel Industry's Record Considered
Steel Prices
The Fall in Exports
Why the Steel Industry Tends to Restrictive Monopoly
Steel and Armaments.
The Fears of Excess Capacity
Steel and the Balance of Payments
The Problems of Centralisation
5 the Method and the Problems
The Method of Acquisition
Re-grouping and Planning
The Shortage of Capacity
The Steel Firms Under Public Ownership
A National Steel Board
Labour Relations
Consultation and Control
The Board and the Minister
Problems of Administration
Research and Development
Costs and Prices Under Public Ownership
Export Policy
6 the Case Concluded
Steel and Economic Imperialism
The "steel International"
Steel and the British People
Steel Policy Under Public Ownership
The Problem of Quality and Location
The Coming Battle
Diagrams and Tables
The Main Stages of Iron and Steel Production
Exports Depend on Steel
Output of Steel Ingots in the United States and in Western Europe, 1937-9 and 1946-7
The Iron and Steel Federation's Plan for Building and Scrapping by 1953
Steel Production in Great Britain, 1913 and 1924-1947
Imports of Steel into Great Britain, 1913 and 1929-1937
British Steel Prices After 1929
British Steel Exports, 1913 and 1929-1937
Principal British Exports of Iron and Steel, 1938 and 1947
Other British Exports Largely Dependent on Steel
British Labour Movement
British Labour Movement
The British Labour Movement Retrospect and Prospect
Weakness Through Strength
What Is the Udc?
The Economics of Re-armament
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The Fabian Society
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1 Fabian Functions
Practical Proposals
"permeation"
2 Who the Fabians Are
Fabian Standards
Are the Fabians Middle Class ?
3 What the Fabians Are Doing
Research
Publications
Fabianism and Politics
Fabians and the Labour Party
Policy Making
Local Societies and Socialist Propaganda Committee
5 Fabian History and Fabian Future
A Word to Fabians
Is This Socialism?
Foreword
Is This Socialism?
What Is Wrong with the Trade Unions?
What Is Wrong with the Trade Unions?
1. the Wages Question
2. What Is Right with the Trade Unions
3. Apathy and Centralisation
4. the Fear of Communism
5. Trade Union Structure
6.trade Unionists in Politics
7. the Question of Workers' Control
8. a Summing Up
Appendix: A Few Statistics
Volume2
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Chapter I: The Control of Industry During and After the War
Chapter II: The Restoration of Trade Union Conditions
Chapter III: The Nature of the State
Chapter IV: The Case for National Guilds
Chapter V: The Re-Organisation of Trade Unionism
Chapter VI: The Abolition of the Wage-System
Chapter VII: State Ownership and Control
Chapter VIII: Freedom in the Guild
Chapter IX: National Guilds and the Consumer
Appendix A: The Genesis of Syndicalism in France
Appendix B: Labour Policy After the War
Volume3
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Preface to the 1917 Edition
Preface to the 1915 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
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Chapter I: Means and Ends
Chapter II: The Labour Unrest
Chapter III: Labour in France
Chapter IV: Comments on the French Labour Movement
Chapter V: Labour in America
Chapter VI: Further Lessons from Abroad—The General Strike
Chapter VII: Trade Union Structure—Industrial Unionism and Amalgamation
Chapter VIII: Trade Union Government—Centralisation and Local Autonomy
Chapter IX: Social Peace and Social War—Conciliation and Arbitration
Chapter X: Labour's Red Herrings—The Function of Co-Operation
Chapter XI: The Control of Industry—Syndicalism and Collectivism
Chapter XII: The Future of Trade Unionism
Chapter XIII: Economics and Politics
Chapter XIV: Hopes and Fears
Bibliography
Index
Volume4
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Chapter I: The Demand for Freedom
Chapter II: The Basis of Democracy
Chapter III: A Guild in Being
Chapter IV: The Guild System in Industry
Chapter V: The Consumer
Chapter VI: The Civic Services
Chapter VII: The Structure of the Commune
Chapter VIII: The Working of the Commune
Chapter IX: Guild Socialism in Agriculture
Chapter X: Evolution and Revolution
Chapter XI: The Policy of Transition
Chapter XII: The International Outlook
A Note on Books
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Volume5
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Chapter I: The Times
Chapter II: Boyhood and Youth
Chapter III: Life in the Army
Chapter IV: The Soldier's Friend
Chapter V: Peter Porcupine in America
Chapter VI: Entry into English Politics
Chapter VII: The "Pitt System"—The Passing of Anti-Jacobinism
Chapter VIII: Life at Botley
Chapter IX: Cobbett Joins the Radicals
Chapter X: The Change in Cobbett's Opinions—"Perish Commerce! "
Chapter XI: Prosecution and Sentence
Chapter XII: In Newgate—The Luddites
Chapter XIII: The Fall of Napoleon—Religious Opinions—The Corn Laws
Chapter XIV: The Fruits of Victory
Chapter XV: Two Years' Residence in America
Chapter XVI: The Six Acts—Queen Caroline
Chapter XVII:. Factory Slavery—Cobbett and the Trade Unions
Chapter XVIII: Grammar and Husbandry
Chapter XIX: Catholic Emancipation—The Preston Election
Chapter XX: Advice to Young Men
Chapter XXI: Rural Rides
Chapter XXII: The Reform Movement—the Labourers' Revolt
Chapter XXIII: The Reform Act
Chapter XXIV: The Reformed Parliament—the "trades Union"
Chapter XXV: The Poor Law Struggle
Chapter XXVI: A Tour in Ireland—The End
Postscripts
I: Cobbett's Will and Effects
II: "The Political Register"
III: Cobbett's Seat in Parliament
IV: Cobbett's Family
A Brief Bibliography of Cobbett's Writings
A Note on Books Valuable for the Study of Cobbett's Times
General Index
Volume6
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Chapter I: Politics, Old and New
Chapter II: British Trade and the Future
Chapter III: The Unemployed
Chapter IV: The Restoration of Industry
Chapter V: The New Capitalism
Chapter VI: Rationalisation
Chapter VII: Socialisation
Chapter VIII: Workers' Control
Chapter IX: Wages—Family Allowances—Population
Chapter X: The Supply of Capital
Chapter XI: Banks and Credit
Chapter XII: Agriculture and The Land
Chapter XIII: The Control of Trade and Prices
Chapter XIV: The Empire—Foreign Affairs
Chapter XV: Local Government
Chapter XVI: Education
Chapter XVII: The Labour Budget—Debt and Taxation
Chapter XVIII: The Labour Budget—Expenditure
Chapter XIX: The Next Labour Government
Chapter XX: Conclusions
Appendices— I: British Trade
II: Unemployment
III: Wages
IV: the Flow of Capital
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Volume7
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Part I: The Economic Crisis
I: A Short Tract for the Times
II:The Crisis
III: Free Trade, Tariffs, and the Alternative
IV: Public Opinion and Monetary Policy
V: Why and How We Must Socialise the Banks
VI: The World Economic Outlook from The Standpoint of Labour
VII: Wages and Employment
Part II: Economics in Theory and Practice
VIII: Towards a New Economic Theory
IX: The Use and Abuse of Economic Terms
X: The Nature of Profits
XI: The Abolition of the Wage System
Part III: Socialisation
XII. Public and Semi-Public Concerns
XIII. The Essentials of Socialisation
XIV. The Method of Social Legislation
XV. Why I Am a Socialist
Volume8
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I: The Essentials of Planning
II: Socialist Planning—The U.S.S.R
III: Fascist 'Planning'—Germany and Italy
IV: American 'Planning'—The New Deal
V: Capitalist 'Planning' in Great Britain
VI: Conclusion
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Chapter I: The Foundations of Marxism
Chapter II: The Materialist Conception of History
Chapter III: The Growth and Decline of Capitalism
Chapter IV: Economic Classes
Chapter V: The New Middle Classes and the Rise of Fascism
Chapter VI: The Proletariat
Chapter VII: Marxism and the State
Chapter VIII: The Theory of Value
Chapter IX: The Theory of Value (continued)
Chapter X: The Dialectic—Conclusion
A Note on Books
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Volume10
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I: What Are Socialist Economics?
II: The Socialists and the Keynesians
III: The Postulates of Socialist Economics
IV: Planning, Employment and Production
V: Economic Democracy
VI: International Economics
VII: Socialist Economic Values
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Volume11
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I: Introduction
II: The Beginnings — The Philanthropic Society and the Philanthropic Hercules
III: The Spinners' Union and The Union of Trades
IV: The National Association for The Protection of Labour
V: The Movement in Yorkshire — Factory Slavery
VI: The Yorkshire Trades' Union
VII: Secrecy and 'Unlawful Oaths'
VIII: The Short Time Movement and The Factory Act of 1833
IX: The Struggle in Yorkshire, 1833
X: The Grand Moral Union of The Productive Classes
XI: The End of the National Association for the Protection of Labour
XII: The Builders' Union
XIII: The Society for National Regeneration
XIV: The Derby Turn-Out
XV: The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
XVI: The Tolpuddle Martyrs and the Abolition of the Oath
XVII: The Struggle in the North
XVIII: The Fall of the Grand National Trades Union — The Aftermath
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1: Resolutions of The Philanthropic Society, 1818
2: Articles of the Philanthropic Hercules, 1818
3: Rules of The National Association for The Protection of Labour, 1830
4: Membership of The National Association for The Protection of Labour
5: Initiation Ceremony, Enacted on The Reception of Members into the Woolcombers' Union
6: Resolutions of The Society for Promoting National Regeneration
7: Constitution of The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
8: Resolutions of The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union
9: Dissolution of The Grand National Consolidated Trades Union and Formation of the British and Foreign Consolidated Association of Industry, Humanity and Knowledge
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