The British Coal Mines Act of 1930, Another Interpretation

Wilfred Prest

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1936, vol. 50, issue 2, 313-332

Abstract: I. The facts and their interpretation, 313.— II. Trade depression and the output of coal, 317.— III. Minimum wages and the price of coal, 319.— IV. The possibilities of competition, 320.— V. Output control, 322.—VI. Price control, 324.—VII. Compulsory amalgamation and the elimination of surplus capacity, 327.— VIII. The achievement of the schemes, 329.

Date: 1936
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