Studies in Capital & Investment [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION This book consists of eight essays produced by the Economic Section of the Bureau on a number of related financial subjects. It is hoped that it will be followed by further studies on other subjects as the work of the Bureau progresses. One volume of collected studies on these lines, Twelve Studies in Soviet Russia, has already been published by the Bureau and has met with a favourable reception. It should be pointed out that in this collection of essays, as in all other pubHcations of the Bureau, the author is solely responsible for the materials included in his study and for the views expressed. The Bureau is not a poHcy-making but a research organisation. It allows its members complete freedom of expression, provided they believe that a SociaHst system affords the right solution for the problems of the present day and that the organised Labour Movement should be used to accomplish this end. Care has been taken, however, to see that adequate criticism both of the facts and of the views contained in these studies was obtained before pubHcation was decided on. The book starts with two essays of general economic and historical interest. Mr. Dickinson describes the breakdown of the capitalist system and its failure to