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cline, and in no sense can it be considered a report of work done.
However, it has its good points.
It begins with an implicit rejection ofthe Wilson government's approach to ST, with its bellef that the 'white heat of the technological revolution' could transform the lives of working people for the better.
Its weaknesses arise from an analysis that sees the recession as a British phenomenon, at least partly due to a lack ot investment in ST in this country, presumably by unpatriotic bosses. In fact, lack of investment in one country is a localised symptom of a world recession.
The report recognises that workers often see ST as a threat to jobs but then says vaguely that this 'simply underlines the need for socialist planning