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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521211387
ISBN-139780521211383
eBay Product ID (ePID)1275845
Product Key Features
Number of Pages436 Pages
Publication NameEconomic Advisory Council, 1930-1939 :A Study in Economic Advice During Depression and Recovery
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1977
SubjectEurope / Great Britain / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorSusan Howson, Donald Winch
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight28.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN75-038187
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition18
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.941
Table Of ContentAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The council and the slump; 3. Economic advice during the crisis; 5. The committee on economic information 1932-9; 6. Conclusions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisThe experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government records, supplemented by other contemporary sources. The book deals with the political and economic origins of the E.A.C. in the post-1918 decade; the role of the Council and its committees of inquiry as the world slump began to make an impact on an already depressed British economy; and the part played by individual economic advisers in the dramatic events which led to the fall of the second Labour Government and Britain's departure from the gold standard in 1931. Throughout the nineteenthirties the work of the Council was carried on by the Committee on Economic Information, which helped to provide the National Government with solutions to the complex and novel problems of a post-gold standard world. In addition to assessing the significance of the E.A.C. experiment, the book reprints a number of reports and gives a guide to the relevant documents in the public archives., The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government records, supplemented by other contemporary sources.
LC Classification NumberHC256.2 .H65
