Themes in Macroeconomic History: The UK Economy 1919-1939

ISBN-13: 9780521436212 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 208 str.

Solomos Solomou

Opis

Characterized by mass unemployment, protectionism, diverse exchange rate regimes, the disintegration of the world trade, and poor long-term growth prospects, the interwar period was, by any standards, a remarkable one. This textbook provides a survey of the key macroeconomic questions that arose from the experience of the British economy from 1919 to 1939. A comparative approach is adopted throughout, placing the UK experience in the context of the world economy. The book continually applies economic theory to historical examples.

Recenzje

'This book deserves to match its main aim of introducing students of economics to the study of economic history. For economic historians it will serve to exemplify the limitations of economic theory and statistical analysis when applied to the somewhat intractable nature of historical evidence.' B. W. E. Alford, English Historical Review

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Epochs in economic history, 1919–39; 2. The exchange rate regime and UK economic performance during the 1920s; 3. Unemployment 1919–38; 4. Economic fluctuations 1919–38; 5. Exchange rate regimes and economic recovery in the 1930s; 6. Protection and economic revival in the 1930s; 7. Policy lessons of the interwar period; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.