The European Economy Since 1945: Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond

by Barry Eichengreen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138486
• ISBN13: 9780691138480
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An excellent synthesis

I strongly recommend this book if you are interested in the subject. I found it to be easy to read and an excellent synthesis of modern scholarship on Europe's post-WWII economic growth. The bibliography is also excellent. I used the book to review for my comprehensive exam in European Political Economy and found it immeasurably useful--in fact it was by far the best thing I read to prepare.