Europe's post-war recovery /
edited by Barry Eichengreen.
- ix, 357 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Studies in monetary and financial history .
- Studies in monetary and financial history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and Survey: -- Mainsprings of economic recovery in post-war Europe / The Marshall Plan: -- The Marshall Plan reconsidered / Influencing aid recipients: Marshall Plan lessons for contemporary aid donors / Other International Intitiatives: -- The IMF and the creation of the Bretton Woods System, 1944-58 / The GATT's contribution to economic recovery in post-war Western Europe / The European Coal and Steel Community: an object lesson? / The European Payments Union: an efficient mechanism for rebuilding Europe's trade? / Country Studies: -- Germany and the political economy of the Marshall Plan, 1947-52: a re-revisionist view / 'You've never had it so good?': British economic policy and performance, 1945-60 / 'Belgian miracle' to slow growth: the impact of the Marshall Plan and the European Payments Union / France: real and monetary aspects of exchange rate policy under the Fourth Republic / Synthesis: -- Post-war Germany in the European context: domestic and external determinants of growth / Barry Eichengreen -- Lucrezia Reichlin -- Chiarella Esposito -- Harold James -- Douglas A. Irwin -- John Gillingham -- Barry Eichengreen -- Helge Berger and Albrecht Ritschl -- N. F. R. Crafts -- Isabelle Cassiers -- Gilles Saint-Paul -- Holger C. Wolf. Part I. 1. Part II. 2. 3. Part III. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part IV. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part V. 12.
"Western Europe's recovery from World War II was nothing short of miraculous. From the chaos of the war and the crisis of 1947, Europe moved directly to the most rapid quarter-century of economic growth in her history. The contributors to this volume seek to identify the sources of this singularly successful recovery. That all European countries shared in the miracle suggests that its roots may lie at the international level. The chapters therefore focus on the role played by international institutions - the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Payments Union, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - and weigh the relative importance of domestic and international factors in Europe's postwar recovery. This book will be of interest to students of modern European history and to economists interested in economic growth, European economic integration, and reform of the Bretton Woods institutions."--Publisher description.