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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298391903321

Titolo

Helmut Schmidt : Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation / / edited by Hartmut Soell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03868-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Collana

Policymakers, , 2524-6798 ; ; 20

Disciplina

943.0877092

Soggetti

International economic relations

International relations

History

International Economics

International Relations

History, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

From the Contents: Hartmut Soell: A Short Biography of Helmut Schmidt -- Major Publications by and on Helmut Schmidt -- Speech in Nairobi: World Currency Conference -- Washington Energy Conference -- The Energy Crisis – A Challenge for the Western World.

Sommario/riassunto

On the occasion of the 95th birthday of Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor 1974–1982, his biographer Hartmut Soell, Professor of History at Heidelberg University and former member of the German Parliament (1980–1994), presents H. Schmidt as a Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation. Influenced by the catastrophes of the early 20th century (global economic crisis, dictatorship and war), Schmidt entered politics as a trained economist and was one of the most innovative policymakers from the 1960s to the 1980s. As minister of defense, economy and finance and as Chancellor he was able to implement many of his ideas for closer cooperation between Western industrial states on currency issues and energy policy during the 1970s. Together with French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing he launched the G7 summits in 1975 and his proposals for a



European currency system (1978–79) paved the way for the European economic and currency union. As editor of Die Zeit, he would later become an influential commentator.