ABSTRACT
The unions organize on the industrial principle, and cover practically the whole labour market as regards manual workers. The presentation of a general theme for consideration is indeed becoming an established tradition at Landsorganisationen (LO) congresses. The report which is translated here brings together in a systematic exposition the fruits of recent trade union thinking in Sweden on the problems of economic growth and the structural changes inevitably associated with it. The presentation of a general theme for consideration is indeed becoming an established tradition at LO congresses. The 1941 document was not translated, but in 1951 the international reader was able to sample the quality of LO thinking on problems of applied economics in the LO Report on Trade Unions and Full Employment, which impressed by its sweep and sophisticated discussion of economic stabilization and wage policy.
