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In the uk, some sort of incomes policy was in force almost the whole time between 1965 and

1979. For the first few years it was legally enforced, but under the Labour government of 1974 to

1979 Pay increases were limited by voluntary agreement of the unions. In the 1980s price and

Incomes controls were abandoned in favour of a free market approach.

Limiting wage increases is seen as a means of reducing the problem of inflation associated with

a given level of unemployment. The difficulty faced by those trying to implement incomes policy is

that it distorts the market for labour. Pressure for pay rises can also build up at the end of a period

of controls, as the collapse of the pay policy of the late 1970s amid strikes and labour unrest testified.

The long-term effectiveness of limiting increases in the prices of goods in the shops is to be

doubted. The problem with price freezes is that of empty shelves. Either producers reduce the

stock of goods they sell or consumers buy up everything available as the prices of things no longer

adequately ration the supply.

Vocabulary Notes to Text 5.7.1.5

1. in conjunction with... — в сочетании с ...

2. to abandon — отменять

3. ...labour unrest testified... — как показали волнения среди работающих

5.7.2. Match the following terms with the correct definition

Work with a partner.

1. discounting

2. price

3. price theory

4. pricing policy

5. retail prices index 6. valuea

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f ) The worth of something to its owner. Two concepts of value

have been distinguished in economics. The first is value in

use — the pleasure a commodity actually generates for its

owner; the second is value in exchange — the quantity of other

commodities (or, more usually, money) for which a commodity

can be swapped. Water, for example, has high value in use,

but low value in exchange.

5 .7. 3. Read the text, complete it using the words from the box, and translate it into Russian

economy, index, proportion, value, consumers

Retail prices index is an index (index number) of the prices of goods and services purchased by

( 1) to measure the rate of inflation or the cost of living. The weights used in the ... (2) are revised

aamially and are based on the ... (3) of household expenditure spent on each item, information on

which is obtained in the U К from the Family Expenditure Survey. The prices of these items are

collected, and the index updated, monthly. Changes in the index have an important effect on the ...

(4)because they may influence wage and salary awards and may affect the ... (5) of index-linked

assets and pensions.