(From Concorde: The Inside Story, by Geoffrey Knight, who was in charge of BAC's Commercial Aircraft Division, and thus the British side of Concorde development.)
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Hair-raising quote that shows how far the UK went toward central planning: "By early 1956 [the RAE] had come to the conclusion in theory that the inevitable next stage must be the development of a supersonic commercial transport. It was time for government to intervene."
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You want to see something amazing. Have a read of the summaries of the proposed withdrawal agreement with the eu (which the UK has no obligation to sign). Massive push from bureaucracy supporting the government to hardcode deference to another bureaucracy ahead of voters
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Dude, in 1945 the UK WAS one week away from bankruptcy, infrastructure shattered by a world war: central planning is what let us rebuild. And arguably life then was a hell of a lot better for most people than under the post-2010 reactionary social engineers.
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All governments practice central planning during wartime. But 1956 was not 1945.
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That’s nothing compared to the various prices and wages boards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prices_Commission_(UK)?wprov=sfti1 …
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It sounds like a decision to do technology transfer from military to private sector. Don’t NASA and others still frequently do this?
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