Small Business, Big Government and the Origins of Enterprise ... - 9780367634308

Taylor & Francis

Small Business, Big Government and the Origins of Enterprise PolicyThe UK Bolton Committee\nAuthor(s): Robert Wapshott, Oliver Mallett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367634308, 978-0367634308\nSynopsis\nThe Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms (the Bolton Committee Report) was produced at a time of significant political change. The 1970s in the UK saw the beginning of the end for interventionism and big government and the emergence of a new free market, economic liberalism. However, the same period also saw the creation of what became a substantial agenda to intervene in the economy through an extensive range of government initiatives aimed at encouraging and enabling small firms and entrepreneurship. \n\nMarking the 50th Anniversary of the publication of the Bolton Committees report this book provides researchers with new insights into the tensions between these potentially contradictory political.