Abstract
Shortly after World War I there emerged among the political parties and the socialist movement in the Netherlands a broad consensus on the desirability of industrial regulation. Both the Christian Democratic Parties (Roman Catholics as well as Protestants) and the Socialists, in their programmes of 1923, embodied proposals for a semi-planned economy with sectoral councils. These parties aimed at some degree of ordening (the specific Dutch world for cartelisation and the regulation of industries under government guidance) although the Catholics, with a strong membership amongst businessmen and farmers, respected the freedom of enterprise more than the Socialists.
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P. E. de Hen, Actieve en re-actieve industriepolitiek in Nederland (Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 1980) pp. 130–34.
J. F. Posthuma et al., Tien jaar economisch lefen in Nederland (The Hague: Recovery Bank, 1955) p. VII. The ex-chairman was Mr A. J. d’Ailly.
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D. J. Haank and R. de Lange, De Uitvaart van Nederhorst (Gorinchem: De Mandarijn, 1979) pp. 174–5; Vredestein Annual Report (The Hague: Vredestein, 1979) p. 9; Het Financieele Dagblad Amsterdam, 30 August 1979 and 26 June 1980; Memorandum of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij, 21 March 1978) No. 121.
H. Vrolijk, Strutuurbeleid, een terreinverkenning, Research Memorandum No. 7803 (Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, 1978).
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de Jong, H.W., Spierenburg, R.J. (1983). The Netherlands: Maintenance of Employment as a Primary Objective. In: Hindley, B. (eds) State Investment Companies in Western Europe. Trade Policy Research Centre. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06895-1_3
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