Planning for Cotton, 1945-1951
研究了1940年代英国政府与棉花产业的关系，认为政府改变产业结构、刺激投资的努力失败，因为兰开夏郡对应对低工资竞争缺乏信心，且女性劳动力不愿重返纺织厂。
This paper examines the relationship between the government and the cotton industry in Britain during the 1940s. It argues that governmental attempts to change the structure of the industry and stimulate investment failed because Lancashire had no confidence in its ability to face low wage competition under any circumstances. This did not imply that the industry's leaders were incompetent - on the contrary they had formed the correct interpretation of long-term market trends. The paper also examines cotton's role in the balance of payments crises of 1946-9. The industry's response to the attempt to secure higher production was hampered by the reluctance of female labour to return to the mills after enjoying better conditions in the wartime munitions industry.