Economic Growth In Europe Since 1945

Author : N. F. R. Crafts,Gianni Toniolo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052149964X

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Economic Growth in Europe Since 1945 by N. F. R. Crafts,Gianni Toniolo Pdf

This compelling volume re-examines the topic of economic growth in Europe after the Second World War. The contributors approach the subject armed not only with new theoretical ideas, but also with the experience of the 1980s on which to draw. The analysis is based on both applied economics and on economic history. Thus, while the volume is greatly informed by insights from growth theory, emphasis is given to the presentation of chronological and institutional detail. The case study approach and the adoption of a longer-run perspective than is normal for economists allow new insights to be obtained. As well as including chapters that consider the experience of individual European countries, the book explores general European institutional arrangements and historical circumstances. The result is a genuinely comparative picture of post-war growth, with insights that do not emerge from standard cross-section regressions based on the post-1960 period.

Author : N. F. R. Crafts,Research Professor of Economics Gianni Toniolo,Professor of Economic History Nicholas Crafts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1316173852

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Economic Growth in Post-1945 Europe by N. F. R. Crafts,Research Professor of Economics Gianni Toniolo,Professor of Economic History Nicholas Crafts Pdf

This book provides a genuinely comparative picture of economic growth in Europe after 1945.

Author : Barry Eichengreen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400829545

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The European Economy since 1945 by Barry Eichengreen Pdf

In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. The European Economy since 1945 is a broad, accessible, forthright account of the extraordinary development of Europe's economy since the end of World War II. Barry Eichengreen argues that the continent's history has been critical to its economic performance, and that it will continue to be so going forward. Challenging standard views that basic economic forces were behind postwar Europe's success, Eichengreen shows how Western Europe in particular inherited a set of institutions singularly well suited to the economic circumstances that reigned for almost three decades. Economic growth was facilitated by solidarity-centered trade unions, cohesive employers' associations, and growth-minded governments--all legacies of Europe's earlier history. For example, these institutions worked together to mobilize savings, finance investment, and stabilize wages. However, this inheritance of economic and social institutions that was the solution until around 1973--when Europe had to switch from growth based on brute-force investment and the acquisition of known technologies to growth based on increased efficiency and innovation--then became the problem. Thus, the key questions for the future are whether Europe and its constituent nations can now adapt their institutions to the needs of a globalized knowledge economy, and whether in doing so, the continent's distinctive history will be an obstacle or an asset.

Author : M.M Postan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136591822

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An Economic History of Western Europe 1945-1964 by M.M Postan Pdf

This book includes the economic history of some of Western Europe with a focus on the United Kingdom, Germany and France from 1945 to a few years before original date of publishing in 1967.

Author : Anthony Sutcliffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317892199

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An Economic and Social History of Western Europe since 1945 by Anthony Sutcliffe Pdf

This is the ideal companion text to A Political History of Western Europe Since 1945. It is an introductory survey which explains how western Europe built up its postwar prosperity and is moving towards continental integration. Themes treated include: the origins of the EC; consumerism; youth culture and protest; immigration; the oil crisis and its aftermath; and the contrasting experience and expectations of the Nordic world and the Mediterranean south. The book ends with the consequences of Soviet collapse. Designed for general history students, it assumes no formal knowledge of economics, and is notably accessible and user-friendly in its approach.

Author : N. F. R. Crafts,Research Professor of Economics Gianni Toniolo,Gianni Toniolo,Professor of Economic History Nicholas Crafts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-31
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 131617803X

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Economic Growth in Post-1945 Europe by N. F. R. Crafts,Research Professor of Economics Gianni Toniolo,Gianni Toniolo,Professor of Economic History Nicholas Crafts Pdf

This book provides a genuinely comparative picture of economic growth in Europe after 1945.

Author : Max Schulze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317887331

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Western Europe by Max Schulze Pdf

This major new text offers a clearly structured introduction to the economic and social development of Western Europe since the Second World War. A team of experts explore key aspects of postwar Europe's economy and society in a number of thematic chapters, with a regional and strongly comparative focus and these are followed by specific national studies.

Author : C. Grabas,A. Nützenadel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137329905

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Industrial Policy in Europe after 1945 by C. Grabas,A. Nützenadel Pdf

Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.

Author : Béla Tomka
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633863527

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Austerities and Aspirations by Béla Tomka Pdf

This monograph provides an analysis of the economic performance and living standard in Czechoslovakia and its successor states, Hungary, and Poland since 1945. The novelty of the book lies in its broad comparative perspective: it places East Central Europe in a wider European framework that underlines the themes of regional disparities and European commonalities. Going beyond the traditional growth paradigm, the author systematically studies the historical patterns of consumption, leisure, and quality of life—aspects that Tomka argues can best be considered in relation to one other. By adopting this “triple approach,” he undertakes a truly interdisciplinary research drawing from history, economics, sociology, and demography. As a result of Tomka’s three-pillar comparative analysis, the book makes a major contribution to the debates on the dynamics of economic growth in communist and postcommunist East Central Europe, on the socialist consumer culture along with its transformation after 1990, and on how the accounts on East Central Europe can be integrated into the emerging field of historical quality of life research.

Author : Doug McEachern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015017958250

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The Expanding State by Doug McEachern Pdf

Author : Max-Stephan Schulze
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106014109489

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Western Europe by Max-Stephan Schulze Pdf

This major introductory survey of modern Europe provides a history of economic and social change in the period, thematic discussions of the main topics arising, and detailed studies by nation and area.

Author : Rosemary Wakeman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134601066

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Themes in Modern European History Since 1945 by Rosemary Wakeman Pdf

Twelve chapters consider the key political, cultural and economic changes of post-1945 Europe.

Author : Barry J. Eichengreen,Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:441758379

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The European Economy Since 1945 by Barry J. Eichengreen,Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.) Pdf

Author : Derek Howard Aldcroft,Steven Morewood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415438896

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The European Economy Since 1914 by Derek Howard Aldcroft,Steven Morewood Pdf

The European Economy Since 1914 provides an invaluable guide to the major economic changes in both Western and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century.

Author : J. Robert Wegs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Europe
ISBN : UVA:X001277686

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Europe Since 1945 by J. Robert Wegs Pdf