Presented to Margaret Hall by her friends and associates who have known her at Oxford University, this book addresses some of the major issues associated with competition in theory and practice. The main feature of the book is a piece on privatization by a Nobel prize winner in economics. Among other essays, Paul Samuelson considers the theoretical underpinning of privatizing state assets. Mary Gregory ponders on the possibility of co-operation rather than competition between employer and worker and whether incomes policies are likely to feature on a medium-term political agenda.