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ALTHOUGH the importance of mobility of labour as part of the price to be paid for social security and the condition of full employment which Government action, irrespective of party, will now be expected to maintain has been emphasized repeatedly since Lord Beveridge first formulated his proposals in the report of 1944, the implications are still far from being appreciated in many quarters. They are not even fully recognized by the Government, as is indicated in Mr. ‘Isaacs introduction of the Control of Employment Order ; and the way in which that Order has been received further demonstrates the same fact in other sections of the, community. Even in the support which the Prime Minister and Sir Stafford Cripps have given to the reinstatement and extension of the practice of joint consultation in industry, which proved so successful during the War, there is little indication that the extent to which one of the major driving forces of industry has been weakened and is disappearing is fully realized. Nor does current discussion on incentives take adequate account of the fact that, while fear is happily disappearing as a goad to work, no positive enthusiasm is taking its place.
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Democracy in Industry. Nature 161, 109–111 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161109a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161109a0