Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- PART I THE PROBLEM -- 1. Foreword: the Problem of Control -- PART II PRODUCTION DECISIONS -- 2. The Scope and Limits of Economic Competition -- I. Immediately Significant Decisions within a Given Social Framework -- 3. The Scope and Limits of Economic Competition -- II. Immediately Significant Decisions within a Given Social Frameworkâ??testing the Effectiveness of Competition in British Conditions -- 4. The Scope and Limits of Economic Competition -- III. Where Competition is less effective -- 5. Direction -- 6. Consultation as a Form of Control -- 7. The Need for a Systematic and Periodic Overhaul of Control Mechanisms -- PART III DECISIONS ABOUT OBJECTIVES -- 8. Consumption and Savings -- 9. Provision for the Future -- I. Investment -- 10. Provision for the Future -- II. Research -- 11. Provision for the Future -- III. Physical and Mental Health -- 12. Inter-regional and International Relations. -- I. Population -- 13. Inter-regional and International Relations. -- II. Trade and Investmentâ??the Role of Competition -- 14. Inter-regional and International Relations. -- III. Trade and Investmentâ??the Role of Direction and Consultation -- PART IV ECONOMICS IN ITS WIDER SETTING -- 15. What an Economist is -- 16. The Economist and his Neighbours -- 17. The Changing Background -- Further Reading -- Index.