The economics of state assistance to agriculture with special reference to future policy in South Africa
- Authors: Threlfell, R L
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Agriculture and state -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1107 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013399
- Description: [From the Introduction] The argument by which it is shown that, under a system of open competition, prices are determined in a way which secures to consumers a maximum aggregate of satisfaction consonant with the relative security of the means of production is the familiar material of many treatises on economics, and does not need to be repeated here. In Economics (as distinct from Politics) this argument provided in a simple form the logical justification for the advocacy of laissez faire in State policy during the early 19th century even though "it was the actual success of private enterprise and the inefficiency and corruption of Government control that caused laissez faire to be an acceptable policy". No-one, of course, contended that pure competition did in fact characterize the economic relations of the time. Quite the reverse. It was argued that if the hindrances to competition were removed, society as a whole would reap the benefits indicated by the theory.
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- Date Issued: 1948
- Authors: Threlfell, R L
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Agriculture and state -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1107 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013399
- Description: [From the Introduction] The argument by which it is shown that, under a system of open competition, prices are determined in a way which secures to consumers a maximum aggregate of satisfaction consonant with the relative security of the means of production is the familiar material of many treatises on economics, and does not need to be repeated here. In Economics (as distinct from Politics) this argument provided in a simple form the logical justification for the advocacy of laissez faire in State policy during the early 19th century even though "it was the actual success of private enterprise and the inefficiency and corruption of Government control that caused laissez faire to be an acceptable policy". No-one, of course, contended that pure competition did in fact characterize the economic relations of the time. Quite the reverse. It was argued that if the hindrances to competition were removed, society as a whole would reap the benefits indicated by the theory.
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- Date Issued: 1948
Methods and policies of the distribution of footwear in South Africa
- Authors: Lipschitz, Gustav
- Date: 1947
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:21160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6639
- Description: This thesis is mainly based on information obtained by discussion with footwear manufacturers, wholesale merchants, retailers and many other business men who were thoroughly acquainted with merchandising methods and policies. Many thanks to all those who assisted. Government Blue Books, other published and unpublished Reports and Economic and Trade journals were consulted wherever possible.
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- Date Issued: 1947
- Authors: Lipschitz, Gustav
- Date: 1947
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:21160 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/6639
- Description: This thesis is mainly based on information obtained by discussion with footwear manufacturers, wholesale merchants, retailers and many other business men who were thoroughly acquainted with merchandising methods and policies. Many thanks to all those who assisted. Government Blue Books, other published and unpublished Reports and Economic and Trade journals were consulted wherever possible.
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- Date Issued: 1947
A critical examination of the evidence regarding the size of manufacturing units in the footwear industry of South Africa, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S.A. with an assessment of the economic implications and consequences of these conditions in relation to the South African customs tariff
- Authors: Brits, R N
- Date: 1946
- Subjects: Footwear industry -- South Africa , Footwear industry , Tariff -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1080 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009755 , Footwear industry -- South Africa , Footwear industry , Tariff -- South Africa
- Description: Before the formation of Union in 1910 there were a few scattered boot and shoe factories in South Africa. Unfortunately, owing to lack of statistics, it is impossible to tell which of these establishments were actually manufacturing boots and shoes, and which were only engaged in repair work.
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- Date Issued: 1946
- Authors: Brits, R N
- Date: 1946
- Subjects: Footwear industry -- South Africa , Footwear industry , Tariff -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1080 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009755 , Footwear industry -- South Africa , Footwear industry , Tariff -- South Africa
- Description: Before the formation of Union in 1910 there were a few scattered boot and shoe factories in South Africa. Unfortunately, owing to lack of statistics, it is impossible to tell which of these establishments were actually manufacturing boots and shoes, and which were only engaged in repair work.
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- Date Issued: 1946
A study of production and consumption of certain foodstuffs in South Africa during the period 1929-49, in relation to the increase in population and national income
- Authors: Baker, G C
- Date: 1936
- Subjects: Food consumption -- South Africa , Food supply -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1109 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013445
- Description: From Introduction: South Africa has experienced an almost revolutionary change in her food position in the last 10 years, what was previously a "farm problem" of assisting the primary producer has now become a "food problem" and this is a study of the development of those factors leading up to such a change. It is an empirical study attempting to measure the production and consumption of certain selected foodstuffs and to compare them with changes observed in the population and the National Income.
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- Date Issued: 1936
- Authors: Baker, G C
- Date: 1936
- Subjects: Food consumption -- South Africa , Food supply -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1109 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013445
- Description: From Introduction: South Africa has experienced an almost revolutionary change in her food position in the last 10 years, what was previously a "farm problem" of assisting the primary producer has now become a "food problem" and this is a study of the development of those factors leading up to such a change. It is an empirical study attempting to measure the production and consumption of certain selected foodstuffs and to compare them with changes observed in the population and the National Income.
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- Date Issued: 1936