The International Economy Since 1945

by Sidney Pollard

Describing the most important global developments in economics during the last half century, this comprehensive history covers all geographical regions and considers the effects of the major countries on each other.

Genres: Economics

Kindle Edition

First published June 26, 1997

About the author

Siegfried (Sidney) Pollard was a British economic and labour historian, and Professor at the University of Sheffield. He pioneered the study of the role of economic management in the processes of industrialization - an industrialization which he thought was best examined at regional levels rather than national levels.

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Reviews

[Daisy Holdsworth · Rating 3 out of 5]

was interested in :
- the reasons for the rise of the USA in the early peace years and how this slowed due to their want for greater political standing such as through the adoption of the Marshall plan
- the reasons for the fall of the 'Golden Age' and how that caused a move from Keynesian policy to monetarism, with Thatcherism and Reaganomics
- The reasons for the formation of the ECSC and how that turned into the EU.
- how inequality is meant to rise after industrialisation and then fall (beta convergence) however this is not always seen
-the political influence Western countries had over those who they gave aid to
Need to look at in greater detail :
- the movement away from the gold standard
- Eurodollars