The Economic Advisory Council, 1930-1939: A Study in Economic Advice During Depression and Recovery

by Susan Howson and Donald Winch

Book Overview

The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government records, supplemented by other contemporary sources. The book deals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521057574
• ISBN13: 9780521057578
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"