ABSTRACT

Lorenz Curves comparing inequality in distribution of incomes with that of workers per plant and of large shareholdings xxiv

I. A. Industrial structure: percentage of all workers engaged in main orders of transactions in Britain and America Page 5

B. The technical framework of productive and distributive relations page 9

c. The structure of industry by orders, groups and instances of industries, firms and plants page 19

D. Size distribution of plants, with measure of localization and investment. 21 largest manufactures, Britain, 1935 page 24

E. Size distribution of plants with measure of localization and investment. 21 largest manufactures, U.S.A., 1939 page 25

F. The structure of American firms and plants. Total manufactures, 1937 page 33

G. Size distribution of British plants and firms. Total of 'factory trades', 1935 page 34

H. Grouping of industries by their location pattern page 40

11. A. Relationship of degree of mechanization and size of plant in manufacturing industries (British and American) page 69

B. Relationship of degree of localization and size of plant in manufacturing industries (British and American) page 71

c. American and British manufactures most localized page 84 D. Manufacturing and other orders of industry ranked by a

rough measure of size of firm page 96

111. A. Percentage of total expenditure spent on groups of items by British working and (poorer and richer) middle class households

page 105 B. Orientation chart for problems of monopoly page 123 c. Number and percentage of British and American industries with

various degrees of concentration page 13 1 D. Corresponding industries with high concentration of control in

Britain or America page 133 xxi

IV. A. Proportion of managers and salaried staff to operatives

page 139 B. Sample organization chart of large firm page 146

V. A. Measure of degree of incorporation in different orders of industry page 172

B. Distribution of shares among small, medium and large shareholders in corporations of various sizes page 183

c. Percentage of shares held by twenty largest shareholders as a whole in 82 largest British and 126 largest American industrial companies and corporations page 189

D. Percentage of shares held by representative largest holders in 82 largest British and 126 largest American industrial companies

page 190 E. Assignment of 126 largest American industrial corporations to

dominant, no dominant interest group, or marginal cases page 20 1

F. Assignment of 82 largest British industrial companies to dominant, no dominant interest group, or marginal cases

page 202 G. Multiple directorships in American and British companies of

various sizes page 212

VI. A. The mixed economy of Britain, 1951 page 228 B. Size of British co-operative retail societies (1935) page 247 c. Application of criteria to alternative industrial governments

page 25 1

VII. Comparative efficiency in large-scale operation of types of business leader page 302