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The Global Impact of the Great Depression 1929-1939
This study broadens the conventional focus of the Great Depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. It covers the economic background and causes, from the international gold standard to agricultural over-production in the US. Other areas discussed include: the impact on the peasantry in developing countries; the political consequences, such as fascism in Europe; and the aftermath and the re-alignment of America, Europe and its colonies. Key areas, such as Keynesian theory, are explained in accessible terms.
'Excellent overview of events in modern world history.' - Professor Michael E. Rose, University of Manchester
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Economic Survey
Analysing and examining the history of the economic events of the inter-war years, this book gives the reader both a sense of perspective, whilst introducing facts and theories.
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The American economy from Roosevelt to Trump
\"This illuminating book offers a compact survey and new interpretation of trends and policies in the US economy from the end of the nineteenth century to the initial period of the Trump administration. Valli maps three stages in this period of US economic history: first, the economic and demographic consequences of the frontier; second, the Fordist model of growth; and third, the attempt to build an economic empire through economic and financial globalization, military and political power and rapid technological progress. Examining pivotal moments from the Wall Street Crash and the World Wars to the recent Great Recession, Obamacare and Trump's electoral promises and first controversial decisions, this book is essential reading for all those interested in American economic power and its future.\"--Back cover.
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Economic Ideas and Government Policy
This volume collects together Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They address such major issues as the role of economists in the 2nd World War, the significance of the Marshall plan and Britain's relative economic decline. Together they demonstrate a keen insight into the changing role of the economist in government and the gradual transformation of the economic landscape.
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Economic Lessons of The 1930s
First Published in 1963.In undertaking a series of studies on post-war economic problems, the Economic Group of the Chatham House Reconstruction Committee decided to prepare a report on the economic lessons of the nineteen-thirties.
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Japan's War Economy
This book explores the substantial and dynamic innovations of the wartime era, identifying this period as the most influential for Japan's post-war economic structure. Erich Pauer and a team of leading Japanese and German scholars discuss important aspects of the Japanese wartime economy, including:
ideological background
the Japanese 'planned economy'
technical mobilization
women and the war economy
socio-economic change
food shortages, the black market and economic crime
national policy companies
financial reforms
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