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Book Synopsis British Monetary Policy, 1945-51 by : Susan Howson
Download or read book British Monetary Policy, 1945-51 written by Susan Howson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first majority Labour government in Britain was pledged to maintain full employment, reform the financial system and nationalize major industries. It faced a massive balance-of-payments problem and a persistent threat of inflation. Using records of the Labour Party, the Treasury, the Bank of England and other participants in the discussions of the time, this study explains the reasons for Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton's pursuit of cheaper money in 1945-7 and for the continuation of cheap money until the advent of a Conservative government in 1951. It also examines the consequences of Labour's monetary policies in terms of modern economic theory, as well as considering why Labour's financial reform was so limited.
Book Synopsis Years of Recovery by : Alec Cairncross
Download or read book Years of Recovery written by Alec Cairncross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis British Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments, 1951-1957 by : Peter B. Kenen
Download or read book British Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments, 1951-1957 written by Peter B. Kenen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed study of the revolution in Bank of England policy resulting from the government's response to the 1954-55 balance-of-payments crisis, this is a first independent analysis. The author investigates the evolution of official thinking and appraises the impact of monetary policy in this crucial period. Peter Kenen reaches the unexpected conclusion that the Bank's orthodox monetary policies played a relatively small part in the redress of payments disequilibrium, and that its most effective weapons were its most heterodox. Finally, he proposes ways in which the Bank of England can better control the credit base.
Book Synopsis British Monetary Policy, 1924-1931 by : Donald E. Moggridge
Download or read book British Monetary Policy, 1924-1931 written by Donald E. Moggridge and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed analysis of British monetary policy in the aftermath of World War I and leading up to the onset of the Great Depression. The survey commences with the successful operation of the pre-1914 gold standard and goes on to examine the policies Britain adopted for monetary reconstruction up to 1924. The decision to return to gold in 1925 is considered in detail, and Professor Moggridge argues that the official policy did little, if anything, to correct the basic overvaluation of stirling. He examines the underlying reasons behind the limited use of more orthodox policy instruments and suggests the authorities were forced to develop new policies to combat the effects of gold at $4-86. The final section of the book sums up the ultimate impact of the new policy instruments which were adopted.
Book Synopsis Monetary Policy and Financial Repression in Britain, 1951 - 59 by : W. Allen
Download or read book Monetary Policy and Financial Repression in Britain, 1951 - 59 written by W. Allen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades. The book explores the politics of formulating monetary policy in the 1950s and the techniques of implementing it, and discusses the parallels between the present monetary situation and that of 1951.
Book Synopsis Industrial Policy in Britain 1945-1951 by : Martin Chick
Download or read book Industrial Policy in Britain 1945-1951 written by Martin Chick and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed archive-based study of the economic planning of the Attlee governments, in which the author seeks to analyse the interaction between the decisions of central planners and the micro-economic effects of these decisions. Throughout the book, Martin Chick pays particular attention to the level, pattern and quality of fixed capital investment. At the same time, there is a continuous concern with the struggle between politicians, economists and industrialists over the mix of pricing mechanisms and administrative orders which were to be used in this period. This struggle permeated all discussions over matters such as the organisation of nationalised industries, the monopoly structure of nationalised industries, the allocation of resources and the promotion of higher productivity. The author also asks what impact, if any, economic planning had on the productivity performance of the UK economy.
Book Synopsis The Treasury and British Public Policy 1906-1959 by : G. C. Peden
Download or read book The Treasury and British Public Policy 1906-1959 written by G. C. Peden and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-03-02 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century as it explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the central department in British government, the Treasury plays a key role in decisions on public expenditure, and on raising taxes and loans. Professor Peden traces the development of the Treasury's responsibility for managing the national economy and looks at how it became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War. In further examining the relations between ministers and their official advisers, this history explores the growing influence of economists in Whitehall.
Book Synopsis A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States by : John H. Wood
Download or read book A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States written by John H. Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2005 treatment compares the central banks of Britain and the United States.
Book Synopsis An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom by : Alain Naef
Download or read book An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom written by Alain Naef and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of sterling shows how the Bank of England defended the pound and managed foreign exchange.
Book Synopsis The Bank of England and the Government Debt by : William A. Allen
Download or read book The Bank of England and the Government Debt written by William A. Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bank of England and the Government Debt recounts the surprising history of the Bank of England's activities in the government securities market in the mid-twentieth century. The Bank's governor, Montagu Norman, had a decisive influence on government debt management policy until he retired in 1944, and established an auxiliary market in government securities outside the Stock Exchange during the Second World War. From the early 1950s, the Bank, concerned about inadequate market liquidity, became an increasingly active market-maker in government securities, rescuing the commercial market-makers in the Stock Exchange several times. The Bank's market-making activities often conflicted with its monetary policy objectives, and in 1971, it curtailed them substantially, while avoiding the damaging effects on liquidity in the government securities market that it had feared. Drawing heavily on archival research, William A. Allen sheds light on little-known aspects of central banking and monetary policy.
Book Synopsis The British Government and the City of London in the Twentieth Century by : Ranald Michie
Download or read book The British Government and the City of London in the Twentieth Century written by Ranald Michie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between the British government and the City of London has become central to debates on modern British economic, political and social life. For some the City's financial and commercial interests have exercised a dominant influence over government economic policy, creating a preoccupation with international markets and the strength of sterling which impaired domestic industrial and social well-being. Others have argued that government seriously constricted financial markets, jeopardising Britain's most successful economic sector. This collection of essays was the first book to address these issues over the entire twentieth century. It brings together leading financial and political historians to assess the government-City relationship from several directions and by examination of key episodes. As such, it will be indispensable not just for the study of modern British politics and finance, but also for assessment of the worldwide problem of tensions between national governments and international financial centres.
Book Synopsis Money and Banking in the UK (RLE: Banking & Finance) by : Michael Collins
Download or read book Money and Banking in the UK (RLE: Banking & Finance) written by Michael Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with developments in three main areas of monetary history: domestic commercial banking; monetary policy; and the UK’s international financial position. For ease of analysis the 160 years under study are arranged into three clear chronological divisons. Part 1 covers the years 1826-1913, a period in which the UK emerged as the world’s leading economic power. It was in these years that an extensive and fully-operative domestic banking system was established. Part 2 covers 1914 to 1939 – the years which marked a break in the traditional monetary arrangements of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Part 3 covers 1939-1986 when the dominance of state influence within the domestic money markets was re-established by the Second World War and the acceptance by the authorities of the obligation to ‘manage’ the economy which meant that successive postwar governments took direct responsibility for the conduct of monetary and credit policy.
Book Synopsis New Directions in the Study of Policy Transfer by : Mark Evans
Download or read book New Directions in the Study of Policy Transfer written by Mark Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Policy transfer analysis seeks to make sense of the cross-cultural transfer of knowledge about institutions, policies or delivery systems in an era of globalization. The purpose of this volume is to evaluate how useful policy transfer analysis is as a descriptive, explanatory and prescriptive theory of policy change. It provides both a response to its critics and it presents a variety of new directions for studying processes of policy transfer. The chapters proceed from an underlying assumption about the field of enquiry; that policy transfer analysis alone cannot provide a general explanatory theory of policy change but when combined with other approaches an empirically grounded account of policy change can be developed. Hence each of the chapters adopt a methodological pluralism in which complementary theories of policy development are combined in order to develop a theory of policy change that accounts for the role of particular agents of policy transfer in forging policy change. This is an important contribution to our understanding of the impact of globalization on domestic policy formulation. This book was previously published as a special issue of Policy Studies.
Book Synopsis Money and Banking in the UK by : Michael Collins
Download or read book Money and Banking in the UK written by Michael Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-25 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with developments in three main areas of monetary history: domestic commercial banking; monetary policy; and the UK's international financial position. For ease of analysis the 160 years under study are arranged into three clear chronological divisons. Part 1 covers the years 1826-1913, a period in which the UK emerged as the world's leading economic power. Part 2 covers 1914 to 1939 - the years which marked a break in the traditional monetary arrangements of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Part 3 covers 1939-1986 when the dominance of state influence within the domestic money markets was re-established by the Second World War and the acceptance by the authorities of the obligation to 'manage' the economy which meant that successive postwar governments took direct responsibility for the conduct of monetary and credit policy.
Download or read book Modern Britain written by Sean Glynn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Britain focuses on two major periods of British history; the interwar period, and postwar Britain. The authors compare and contrast developments in the two periods, dealing with the themes of: * growth and welfare * industry * labour * social policy * the economy Combining a narrative with a conceptual and analytic approach,Modern Britain provides an end-of-century review of progress and decline and an essential background to current polemics and major issues of concern. Clearly structured and written, this is an invaluable textbook for students of twentieth century British history.
Book Synopsis Postwar Conservatism, A Transnational Investigation by : Clarisse Berthezène
Download or read book Postwar Conservatism, A Transnational Investigation written by Clarisse Berthezène and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a unique comparative perspective on post-war conservatism, as it traces the rise and mutations of conservative ideas in three countries – Britain, France and the United States - across a ‘short’ twentieth century (1929-1990) and examines the reconfiguration of conservatism as a transnational phenomenon. This framework allows for an important and distinctive point --the 1980s were less a conservative revolution than a moment when conservatism, understood in Burkean terms, was outflanked by its various satellites and political avatars, namely, populism, neoliberalism, reaction and cultural and gender traditionalism. No long running, unique ‘conservative mind’ comes out of this book’s transnational investigation. The 1980s did not witness the ascendancy of a movement with deep roots in the 18th century reaction to the French Revolution, but rather the decline of conservatism and the rise of movements and rhetoric that had remained marginal to traditional conservatism.
Book Synopsis Respectable Banking by : Anthony C. Hotson
Download or read book Respectable Banking written by Anthony C. Hotson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The financial collapse of 2007–8 has questioned our assumptions about the underlying basis for stability in the financial system, and Anthony Hotson here offers an important reassessment of the development of London's money and credit markets since the great currency crisis of 1695. He shows how this period has seen a series of intermittent financial crises interspersed with successive attempts to find ways and means of stabilizing the system. He emphasises, in particular, the importance of various principles of sound banking practice, developed in the late nineteenth century, that helped to stabilize London's money and credit markets. He shows how these principles informed a range of market practices that limited aggressive forms of funding, and discouraged speculative lending. A tendency to downplay the importance of these regulatory practices encouraged a degree of complacency about their removal, with consequences right through to the present day.
