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In the early 1970s, both the UK & the US legislated new occupational safety regulations: the Safety & Health at Work Act, & Occupational Safety & Health Act, respectively. Enforcement strategies varied considerably: the British chose a persuasive, & the Americans a coercive, approach. The legislative process was characterized by consensus in the first case, by conflict in the second. Consequently, the UK regulation appears to have been quite effective, while the US has had negligible results. This difference can be mainly explained by the different strength of the interest groups involved in the regulation's implementation. 15 References. HA

The National Ports Council, created in 1964 and abolished in 1982, was engaged in one of the rare sustained attempts at planning in Britain. This article explains the Council's decision not to carry out full‐scale planning because of the difficulties of collecting information, assessing technological and economic changes, and reconciling rational economic planning with short term political pressures.

The source of power in the modern corporation is undemocratic & its exercise with respect to stockholders & employees is autocratic. The effect on the general public in terms of econ performance is ambiguous. In some areas corporate actions are consistent with the public will, in others they are not. A key problem is the impact on concentration of econ power. The corporation had helped to create an economy of large power blocs, a condition inconsistent with what is meant by & required for a free enterprise economy & potentially inconsistent with pol'al democracy. It is therefore necessary to create or bolster those forces designed to chain the corporation to the tasks the public demands & to render the consequences of its actions consistent with contemporary soc, pol'al & econ ideals. IPSA.