‘Retailing, one of the most important sectors of the economy, has undergone a massive transformation over the past 10 years. Changing patterns of lifestyle and consumer demands, the impact of technology and the influence of economic conditions have all combined to bring about a number of...

In recent years, debate on the state's economic role has too often devolved into diatribes against intervention. Peter Evans questions such simplistic views, offering a new vision of why state involvement works in some cases and produces disasters in others. To illustrate, he looks at how state...