Problems of British economic policy 1870-1945

Jim Tomlinson

Most historical accounts of economic policy set out to describe the way in which governments have attempted to solve their economic problems and to achieve their economic objectives. Jim Tomlinson, however, focuses on the problems themselves, arguing that the way in which areas of economic policy become 'problems' for policy makers is always problematic itself, that it is never obvious and never happens 'naturally'. This approach is quite distinct from the Marxist, the Keynesian or the neo-classical accounts of economic policy, the schools of thought which are described and criticized in the introduction. Subsequent chapters use the issues of unemployment, the gold standard and problems of trade and Empire to demonstrate that these competing accounts all obscure the true complexities of the process. Because they adhere to simple assumptions about the role of economic theory or of 'vested interests' previous histories have been unable adequately to explain the dramatic change after the First World War in attitudes to unemployment, for instance, or the decision to return to gold in 1925. Jim Tomlinson surveys the institutional circumstances, the conflicting political pressures and the theories offered at the time in an attempt to discover the conditions which characterized the questions as economic problems and contributed to the choice of 'solutions'. The result is a sophisticated and intellectually compelling account of matters which have remained at the forefront of political debate since its first publication in 1981.

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  • Acknowledgements v Introduction: Approaches to economic policy 1 1 Unemployment as an object of policy before 1914 13 2 Britain and the gold standard 1880-1914 26 3 Trade and Empire before 1914 44 4 Unemployment as an object of policy in the 1920s 62 5 Public Works, We Can Conquer Unemployment, and the Treasury View 76 6 The problem. of $4.86 92 7 The Empire and British economic policy after 1914 106 8 British economic policy 1931-45: a Keynesian revolution? 120 Notes 135 Name index 157 Subject index 159

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書名 Problems of British economic policy 1870-1945
著作者等 Tomlinson, Jim
シリーズ名 Routledge library editions
出版元 Routledge
刊行年月 2006
版表示 New ed
ページ数 162 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0415379725
0415379954
0415286190
NCID BA75624012
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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