Economists in the Cold War

• Verfasst von: Bollard, Alan E. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Economists in the Cold War
• Titelzusatz: how a handful of economists fought the battle of ideas
• Verf.angabe: Alan Bollard
• Verlagsort: Oxford, United Kingdom
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: xxii, 357 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 332-344 ; Enthält ein Register
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288739-9
• ISBN: 978-0-19-198191-3
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780192887399
• Schlagwörter: (s)Ost-West-Konflikt / (s)Wirtschaftstheorie / (s)Wirtschaftswissenschaften / (s)Marxismus / (s)Kapitalismus / (z)Geschichte 1945-1973
• Schlagwörter: (p)White, Harry Dexter / (p)Lange, Oskar / (p)Von Neumann, John / (p)Erhard, Ludwig / (p)Robinson, Joan / (p)Ōkita, Saburō / (p)Prebisch, Raúl
• Dokumenttyp: Bibliografie
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Bollard, Alan E., 1951 - : Economists in the Cold War. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023. - 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 357 Seiten)
• Sach-SW: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
• Sach-SW: Economic history
• Sach-SW: HIS037100
• Sach-SW: Kalte Kriege und Stellvertreterkonflikte
• Sach-SW: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
• Sach-SW: The Cold War
• Sach-SW: Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Zeit-SW: c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)
• Zeit-SW: ca. 1945 bis ca. 1990 (die Zeit des Kalten Krieges)
• K10plus-PPN: 1844481514

Abstract

This volume is an account of the economic drivers and outcomes of the Cold War, told through the stories of seven international economists, who were all closely involved in theory and policy in the period 1945-73. For them, the Cold War was a battle of economic ideas, a fight between central planning and market allocation, exploring economic thinking derived from the battle between Marxist and Capitalist ideologies, a fundamental difference but with many intricacies. The book recounts how economic theory advanced, how new economic tools were developed, and how policies were tested. Each chapter is based on the involvement of one of the selected economists. It was a challenging but dangerous time in economics: a time of economic recovery post-war, with industrial rebuilding, economic growth, and rising incomes. But it was also a time of ideological warfare, nuclear rivalry, military expansion, and personal conflict. The narrative is approximately chronological, ranging from the Potsdam Conference in Germany to the Pinochet Coup in Chile. The selected economists include an American, a Pole, a Hungarian, a German, a British, a Japanese, and an Argentinian, all very different economists, but with interconnections among them. Each chapter also features a dissenting economist who held a contrasting view, and recounts the subsequent economic arguments that played out.

Abstract

1. Rebuilding the world : Harry Dexter White and New Dealers -- 2. Making central planning work : Oskar Lange and Marxist-Leninists -- 3. The Cold War hardens : John von Neumann and Cold War warriors -- 4. A continental middle way : Ludwig Erhard and social market economists -- 5. Seeking growth and stability : Joan Robinson and post-Keynesians -- 6. East Asian growth : Saburo Okita and the flying geese economists -- 7. North-South divide : Raul Prebisch and development economists -- 8. Epilogue : el encuentro en Santiago (encounter in Santiago).