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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Fontana Economic History of Europe: The 20th century (2 v.) Chapter 10. Economic policy and performance in Europe, by Angus Maddison
Author: Fontana Economic History of Europe: The 20th century (2 v.)
Author: Fontana Economic History of Europe: The twentieth century. 2.v
Author: The Postwar Economic Order
Author: Albert O. HirschmanPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231553692
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Winner, 2024 Best Scholarly Edition Award, European Society for the History of Economic Thought Years before he became renowned as one of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman played an active role in the rebuilding of postwar Europe. Between 1946 and 1952, he worked as an economic analyst in the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Board of the United States, focusing on the reconstruction of Europe and the Marshall Plan. In that capacity, Hirschman wrote a number of reports about European economic policies, the first efforts at intra-European cooperation, and the uncertainties that surrounded the shaping of a new international economic order with the United States at its core. The Postwar Economic Order presents a collection of these interrelated reports, which offer incisive firsthand analysis of postwar Europe and give a behind-the-scenes view of American debates on European economic recovery. They feature nuanced and sophisticated discussion of topics such as the postwar “dollar shortage,” U.S.-European relations, and the first steps toward European economic integration. Hirschman provides original and perceptive interpretations of the struggles that European governments faced along their paths toward economic recovery. Throughout, Hirschman’s stylistic gifts and characteristic ways of reasoning are on full display as he highlights the counterintuitive and paradoxical aspects of economic and political processes. Shedding new light on the origins of European economic cooperation, this book provides unparalleled insight into the development of Hirschman’s thinking on economic development and reform.
Mitteleuropa
Author: Peter M. R. StirkPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
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Category : Current Events
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The disintegration of the Cold War division of Europe and the reunification of Germany have given new significance to the debate about the political, economic and cultural structure at the heart of Europe. Mitteleuropa: History and Prospects examines this topic in the light of recent research and analyzes the conflicting attempts to understand and shape the region over the last century. The contributors give detailed critical and historical assessments of: the role of Germany; the social, political and economic distinctiveness of the region; and the attitude of the states outside the area. Finally, they discuss future prospects for Europe.
The Unprincipled Society
Author: David MarquandPublisher: Jonathan Cape
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Great Divergence and Great Convergence
Author: Leonid GrininPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331917780X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in historical context over centuries. This is contrasted with an equally powerful Great Convergence, the recent economic and technological expansion taking place in Third World nations and characterized by narrowing inequity among nations. They are seen here as two phases of an inevitable global process, centuries in the making, with the potential for both positive and negative results. This sophisticated presentation examines: Why the developing world is growing more rapidly than the developed world. How this development began occurring under the Western world's radar. How former colonies of major powers grew to drive the world's economy. Why so many Western economists have been slow to recognize the Great Convergence. The increasing risk of geopolitical instability. Why the world is likely to find itself without an absolute leader after the end of the American hegemony A work of rare scope, Great Divergence and Great Convergence gives sociologists, global economists, demographers, and global historians a deeper understanding of the broader movement of social and economic history, combined with a long view of history as it is currently being made; it also offers some thrilling forecasts for global development in the forthcoming decades.
Early Modern Capitalism
Author: Maarten PrakPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134604416
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
This volume takes stock of recent research on economic growth, as well as the development of capital and labour markets, during the centuries that preceded the Industrial Revolution. The book underlines the diversity in the economic experiences of early modern Europeans and suggests how this variety might be the foundation of a new conception of economic and social change.
The Unbound Prometheus
Author: David S. LandesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521534024
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe
Author: Ivan T. BerendPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139452649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
A major history of economic regimes and economic performance throughout the twentieth century. Ivan T. Berend looks at the historic development of the twentieth-century European economy, examining both its failures and its successes in responding to the challenges of this crisis-ridden and troubled but highly successful age. The book surveys the European economy's chronological development, the main factors of economic growth, and the various economic regimes that were invented and introduced in Europe during the twentieth century. Professor Berend shows how the vast disparity between the European regions that had characterized earlier periods gradually began to disappear during the course of the twentieth century as more and more countries reached a more or less similar level of economic development. This accessible book will be required reading for students in European economic history, economics, and modern European history.