This book provides a critical reassessment of the role of the public sector during the Golden
Age in both advanced and emerging economies. Contributions focus on a major player in the
setting of mixed economies: the top managers of state-owned enterprises. Bringing together
world-renowned scholars this collection analyzes the actions of these managers and their
contribution to the rise and fall of the mixed economy during the Golden Age opening up a
comparative perspective of the topic. The book forces readers to reconsider how crucial
state-owned enterprises were for economic recovery and for the modernization of the production
apparatus of many countries in Western Europe India Latin America and South Africa. Key
chapters discuss state-owned enterprises in twentieth-century Europe the managerial revolution
in Italy the role of the state in Argentine industrialization and the organization of capital
in the Indian economy. This insightful collection will appeal to scholarsand students with an
interest in economic history and the socio-economic impact of state-owned companies around the
globe.
