Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 495 pages)
ISBN:
9781400829545
Series Statement:
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Content:
Introduction -- Mainsprings of growth -- The postwar situation -- Dawn of the golden age -- Eastern Europe and the planned economy -- The integration of western Europe -- The apex of the golden age -- Mounting payments problems -- Declining growth, rising rigidities -- The collapse of central planning -- Integration and adjustment -- Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century -- The future of the European model
Content:
In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. The European Economy since 1945 is a broad, accessible, forthright account of the extraordinary development of Europe's economy since the end of World War II. Barry Eichengreen argues that the continent's history has been critical to its economic performance, and that it will continue to be so going forward. Challenging
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-459) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1400829542
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691138480
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691127107
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Eichengreen, Barry, 1952 - The European economy since 1945 Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 0691127107
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691127101
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Eichengreen, Barry, 1952 - The European economy since 1945 Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2008 ISBN 9780691138480
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691127101
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0691127107
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Economics
Keywords:
Europa
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Wirtschaftswachstum
;
Geschichte 1945-
;
Westeuropa
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Europäische Union
;
Geschichte 1945-1989
;
Wirtschaft
;
Europa
;
Wirtschaft
Author information:
Eichengreen, Barry 1952-
