ABSTRACT
This volume collects together Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They address such major issues as the role of economists in the 2nd World War, the significance of the Marshall plan and Britain's relative economic decline. Together they demonstrate a keen insight into the changing role of the economist in government and the gradual transformation of the economic landscape.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I WARTIME AND AFTER
chapter 6|11 pages
INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY FROM WAR: A COMPARISON OF BRITISH AND GERMAN EXPERIENCE
A comparison of British and German experience*
part |2 pages
Part II FROM DEVALUATION TO THATCHER
part |2 pages
Part III A LONGER VIEW
chapter 15|21 pages
THE EARLY HISTORY OF J & P COATS*
Written with the invaluable assistance of Mr J.B.K.Hunter
chapter 20|21 pages
REFLECTIONS ON ECONOMIC IDEAS AND GOVERNMENT POLICY: 1939 AND AFTER
1939 and after*