Industrial Systems Research: 21 books

Political Barriers to Housebuilding in Britain: A Critical Case Study of Protectionism and its Industrial-Commercial Effects For decades, political barriers have hampered housebuilding in Britain. Governments have blocked urban expansion, stymied the introduction of new low-cost production...

Theories of the Labour Market and Employment: A Review This is a detailed and wide-ranging study of theory, research and methods of analyzing labour markets and employment. Free and flexible labour markets can automatically end both labour surpluses (unemployment) and labour shortages...

On Liberty: A Translation into Modern English This is a current language version of John Stuart Mill’s classic 1859 essay – translating the work into modern English to improve its readability and understandability. The translation is substantive but retains original word order and grammar...

Two Treatises on Government: A Translation into Modern English John Locke’s 1690 book is one of the most important and influential works on government ever published. The first part demolishes the main authoritarian/totalitarian ideology of its day: the doctrine of the divine right of kings...

British withdrawal from the European Union: A guide to the case for In 1992, Britain benefited greatly by withdrawing from the European Union’s programme of Economic and Monetary Union. This is a detailed guide to the case for UK withdrawal from the bloc as a whole. Major general arguments...

British Democracy: Its Restoration and Extension Modern parliamentary democracy first developed in Great Britain. Britons also played a major role in spreading democracy around the world – for example, through the Commonwealth. However, at the start of the 21st century, Britain itself...

Defending Liberty: The Case for a New Bill of Rights Basic laws limiting state power have existed for centuries in Britain. However, some serious official assaults on liberty, democracy and the rule of law have occurred in the country of late. This book is a detailed review of the case...