The Middle Way (Harold Macmillan book)
The Middle Way is a book on political philosophy written by Harold Macmillan (English Conservative Party politician and later prime minister of England). It was first published in 1938 (by Macmillan & Co, Ltd, London). It advocated a broadly centrist approach to the domestic and international problems of that time, and was written during a period when Macmillan was out of active office.
Content
It is subtitled 'A Study of the Problems of Economic and Social Progress in a Free and Democratic Society' and is divided into 3 main sections
- Part 1 The Needs
- Ch I The Emergence of a New Doctrine
- Ch II Life and Liberty
- Ch III The End of Radical Reformism
- Ch IV Minimum Needs and Present Incomes
- Ch V Present Methods of Distribution
- Ch VI What Has to be Done
- Part 2 The Methods
- Ch VII Past Theories and Present Needs
- Ch VIII Public Enterprise & Private Combination
- Ch IX The Aims of Economic Policy in the Future
- Ch X Industrial Reconstruction
- Ch XI Finance
- Ch XII Foreign Trade
- Ch XIII Co-ordination
- Part 3 The Benefits
- Ch XIV The Minimum Wage
- Ch XV A Minimum for the Unemployed
- Ch XVI Public Utility Distribution
- Ch XVII Economic Security
- Ch XVII Freedom & Progress
See also
References
- Macmillan H (1978) The Middle Way, EP Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7158-1333-1