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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Book 1: The Liberal Outlook -- Chapter I. Liberty and Welfare -- Chapter II. The Reform of Parliament -- Chapte III. Civil Liberties -- Chapter IV. Property and Equality -- Book 2: Liberty in the Welfare State -- Chapter V. Welfare in the Liberal State -- Chapter VI. The Geography of Liberty -- Chapter VII. Education -- Book 3: The Economics of Liberty -- Chapter VIII. The Dynamics of Progress -- Chapter IX. Relations in Industry -- Chapter X. Monopoly -- Chapter XI. Agriculture -- Book 4: The International Setting -- Chapter XII. Britain in the World -- Chapter XIII. Colonies to Commonwealth -- Chapter XIV. The Challenge of Liberalism -- Index.

Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Note to the Second Edition; Preface; 1. A Literature Lost; 2. Millar or Marx?; 3. The Idea of Conservative Revolution; 4. The Tory Tradition of Socialism; 5. Tocqueville's Burden of Liberty; 6. The Forgotten French of 1848; 7. Adolf Hitler; 8. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact; 9. Marx and the Holocaust; 10. George Orwell; 11. The Great Amnesia; Select Bibliography; Back cover.

British trade unions have always been opposed to the removal of state monopolies from the public sector. George Watson examines the inconsistency of union attitudes, since monopoly tends to favour the powerful and rich at the expense of the weak and poor. British trade unionists, he says, should re‐assess their unreasoned opposition to privatisation if they claim to serve the interests of their members.