LEADER 03296nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910956534203321 005 20251117115953.0 010 $a1-134-90731-1 010 $a1-280-32600-X 010 $a0-585-46049-3 010 $a0-203-16781-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203167816 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003426 035 $a(EBL)165707 035 $a(OCoLC)60565511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297816 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256350 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297816 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10343994 035 $a(PQKB)10326014 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC165707 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL165707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2003735 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32600 035 $a(OCoLC)1000426651 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003426 100 $a19920109e19901991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGovernment and economies in the postwar world $eeconomic policies and comparative performance, 1945-85 /$fedited by Andrew Graham with Anthony Seldon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 0 $aThe new Routledge library of economics 300 $a"New in paperback 1991" -- T.P. verso. 311 08$a1-138-44021-3 311 08$a0-415-07288-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction; The international environment; The United Kingdom; France; West Germany; Italy; Spain; Scandinavia; Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union; The United States; Japan; Comparative economic performance of the OECD countries, 1950 87: a summary of the evidence; Benefits of backwardness and costs of continuity; Economic policies and traditions; The meaning of hard work; Political institutions and economic performance; Index 330 $aThe chance to begin anew seldom occurs. Yet the nearly complete breakdown of the world economy between 1939 and 1945, together with the dominant position of the United States at the end of the war, provided just this opportunity. A new international economic order was built on the ruins of the old. How this happened - and the role of government in economic performance - is the subject of this important and timely book. Written by political scientists, contemporary historians and economists, it includes ten country studies covering all the major industrialized nations in the West: the USA, U 606 $aInternational economic relations 607 $aEurope$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aEurope$xEconomic policy 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xEconomic policy$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 676 $a330.9 701 $aGraham$b Andrew$f1942-$01877930 701 $aSeldon$b Anthony$0123247 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956534203321 996 $aGovernment and economies in the postwar world$94490398 997 $aUNINA