The British Coal Industry and the Question of Nationalization

R. H. Tawney

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1920, vol. 35, issue 1, 61-107

Abstract: I. Introductory. — II. The organization of the industry before the war, 65. — Control during the war, 68. — III. Alleged waste and extravagance of the existing system, 71. — IV. The claims of the miners, 80. — V. Proposals for reorganization, 85. — (a) Restoration of private enterprise, 86. — (b) Continuance of control, 87. — (c) Unification under private management, 88. — (d) Nationalization, 91. — Mr. Justice Sankey's proposals, 93. — VI. The organization of the industry under public ownership, 95. — Probable cost of nationalization, 96. — Administration, 97. — Participation by miners, 103. — Conclusion, 106

Date: 1920
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