LEADER 04303nam 2200613 450 001 9910460260703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3240-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442632400 035 $a(CKB)3710000000421854 035 $a(EBL)3432034 035 $a(OCoLC)929153514 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669374 035 $a(CEL)450032 035 $a(OCoLC)918589056 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00930954 035 $a(DE-B1597)465826 035 $a(OCoLC)944178827 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442632400 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669374 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255913 035 $a(OCoLC)958580271 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000421854 100 $a20160920h19571957 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMonetary and fiscal thought and policy in Canada 1919-1939 /$fIrving Brecher 210 1$a[Toronto, Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1957. 210 4$dİ1957 215 $a1 online resource (350 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4426-5223-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPREFACE -- $tCONTENTS -- $tTABLES -- $tCHAPTER I. THE PROBLEM IN ITS GENERAL SETTING -- $tCHAPTER II. EAST AND WEST IN CANADIAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- $tCHAPTER III. THE IMPACT OF MONETARY THOUGHT ON POLICY -- $tCHAPTER IV. THOUGHT AND POLICY IN FISCAL DEVELOPMENT -- $tCHAPTER V. CANADA IN THE WORLD ECONOMY -- $tCHAPTER VI. CHANGING CANADIAN VIEWS ON "STABILITY" PROBLEMS -- $tCHAPTER VII. THE INFLATION CONTROVERSY -- $tCHAPTER VIII. THE END OF THE CENTRAL BANK CONTROVERSY -- $tCHAPTER IX. CANADIAN MONETARY POLICY IN DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY -- $tCHAPTER X. FISCAL THINKING IN CANADA - OLD AND NEW -- $tCHAPTER XI. CANADIAN FISCAL POLICY IN DEPRESSION AND RECOVERY -- $tCHAPTER XII. THOUGHT AND POLICY IN RETROSPECT -- $tNOTES -- $tINDEX 330 $aIn this careful and thorough study of a Canadian field which has been relatively untouched in recent years, Dr. Brecher records and comments on the development of monetary and fiscal thinking in Canada in the inter-war period, and its impact on public policy in the federal sphere. Examining Canadian opinion about economic theory during this time, the author draws on four fields of thought: that of government and other public officials; of businessmen, such as bankers, and their views on what should be done about the depression; of the ";radical group";, such as those prominent in the formation of the CCF and Social Credit parties; and of economists, prominent in the universities.Dr. Brecher points out in his preface that his inquiry is rooted in the conviction that the problems associated with cyclical fluctuations remain sufficiently complex to make an understanding of the developments of the twenties and thirties an indispensable condition for effective stabilization policy. He finds the twenties distinguished only in the superficial and imperfect diagnosis of and remedial suggestions for unemployment, made chiefly by a relatively small handful of thinkers associated with the Progressive and United Farmers movements, then emerging in the West. It was the thirties which, under the impact of the depression, witnessed the first real stirrings of careful economic analysis in cyclical terms, and of statistical techniques for measuring the value of annual productive activity and income receipts in the Dominion.The author has attempted to appraise the evolution of the Canadian policy of monetary and fiscal stabilization within the thought environment in which it was conceived and implemented, and on the basis of the standards set by modern income-employment theory. 410 0$aCanadian studies in economics ;$v8. 606 $aCurrency question$zCanada 606 $aFinance, Public$zCanada 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCurrency question 615 0$aFinance, Public 676 $a332.4971 700 $aBrecher$b Irving$0567199 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460260703321 996 $aMonetary and fiscal thought and policy in Canada 1919-1939$92188645 997 $aUNINA