Economic Ideas and Government Policy: Contributions to Contemporary Economic History

by Cairncross,Sir Alec

• ISBN13: 9780415132459
• ISBN10: 0415132452
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-12-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Economic Ideas and Government Policysketches the more important economic developments from the end of World War II to the early 1980s. Sir Alec Cairncross, an economist who participated in many of the events described, covers economic development in the immediate postwar period, such as the role of economists in war-time government of Britain. He examines the Sterling crisis and devaluation during the 1906s and 1970s.Economic Ideas and Government Policyexamines the wider view and long-term issues involved in post-1945 economics, including a review of some of the economic ideas that have influenced the British government since the war.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
In Praise of Economic History	p. 1
Wartime and After	p. 15
How British Aircraft Production Was Planned in the Second World War	p. 17
Economists in Wartime	p. 33
Postwar Planning in Europe, 1945-7	p. 53
The Economic Recovery of Western Germany	p. 67
Industrial Recovery from War	p. 81
Notes	p. 91
The German Balance of Payments Crisis, 1950-1	p. 92
The Significance of the Marshall Plan	p. 100
The Marshall Plan a Retrospective	p. 105
Prelude to Radcliffe Monetary Policy in the United Kingdom, 1948-57	p. 113
From Devaluation to Thatcher	p. 131
The 1967 Devaluation of Sterling	p. 133
The 1970s in Perspective	p. 142
The Imf Crisis of 1976	p. 150
Economic Policy After 1974	p. 165
A Longer View	p. 175
The Early History of J ... P Coats	p. 177
Economic Trends in the Trade of Developing Countries	p. 198
Britain's Industrial Decline	p. 219
Economists and Engineers	p. 235
The Development of Economic Statistics as an Influence on Theory and Policy	p. 246
Reflections on Economic Ideas and Government Policy	p. 254
Index	p. 275
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