Economic ideas and government policy : contributions to contemporary economic history / / Alec Cairncross

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809221703321
• Autore: Cairncross Alec <1911-1998.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996, c1994
• ISBN: 1-134-78775-8; 1-280-33086-4; 0-203-28738-X; 0-203-03024-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Explorations in Economic History
• Disciplina: 330.9045; 330.94055
• Soggetti: Economic history - 1945-; Economic history - 1918-1945; Reconstruction (1939-1951); Economics - History - 20th century; Economic policy; International economic relations; Great Britain Economic policy 1945-1964; Great Britain Economic policy 1918-1945
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; IN PRAISE OF ECONOMIC HISTORY; HOW BRITISH AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION WAS PLANNED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR; ECONOMISTS IN WARTIME; POSTWAR PLANNING IN EUROPE, 1945 7; THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF WESTERN GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY FROM WAR: A COMPARISON OF BRITISH AND GERMAN EXPERIENCE; THE GERMAN BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS, 1950 1; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARSHALL PLAN; THE MARSHALL PLAN; A RETROSPECTIVE; PRELUDE TO RADCLIFFE: MONETARY POLICY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1948 57; THE 1967 DEVALUATION OF STERLING; THE 1970's IN PERSPECTIVETHE IMF CRISIS OF 1976; ECONOMIC POLICY ; AFTER 1974: A REVIEW ARTICLE; THE EARLY HISTORY OF J P COATS with J.B.K.Hunter; ECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE TRADE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; BRITAIN'S INDUSTRIAL DECLINE; ECONOMISTS AND ENGINEERS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS AS AN INFLUENCE ON THEORY AND POLICY; REFLECTIONS ON ECONOMIC IDEAS AND GOVERNMENT POLICY: 1939 AND AFTER; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.