ABSTRACT

Covering the period from November 1918 to the restoration of the Gold Standard in the UK in April 1925, this book, originally published in 1947, sets out and explains the economic facts of the immediate post-war period. There are sections on employment, production, government intervention in industry, the monetary factor, real income and real wages. A statistical appendix brings together in four sections a number of important tables which supplement the text.

chapter I|4 pages

An Outline Map

chapter II|3 pages

Dates and Time Divisions

chapter III|1 pages

The Arrangement of This Volume

chapter I|13 pages

Post-Armistice Contraction in Employment

chapter IV|14 pages

The Doldrums and the Intractable Million

chapter II|11 pages

Ship-Building

chapter IV|12 pages

Cotton Exports

chapter I|20 pages

The Rise and Fall of Industrial Controls

chapter II|8 pages

Price Restriction

chapter III|4 pages

Rationing of Consumers

chapter IV|6 pages

Foreign Trade Policy

chapter I|7 pages

The Money Link with America

chapter II|9 pages

Monetary Movements in Our Period

chapter IV|15 pages

Causes and Conditions of the Monetary Boom