Abstract: | In October 1981 an IEA Research Monograph1 by John McEnery attacked British regional policy as counter-productive in its emphasis on capital-intensive manufacturing and perverse in its bias against service industry. It had resulted in two nations: the service-based south-east, and the rest over-dependent on manufacturing. In December 1983 a White Paper2 invited written observations; we asked John McEnery for his views. |