The reconstruction of the international economy was one of the great achievements of the post-World War II era. This reconstruction led to the most remarkable boom in international trade and lending the world has ever seen.

This authoritative history offers a major assessment of British industrial relations between the outbreak of the Second World War and the advent of Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1979. Written by a group of leading specialists, this outstanding book examines the role of the government, the...

Japanese Economic Policy Reconsidered provides a critical evaluation of the key issues facing the Japanese economy, and the political and economic environments that continue to hold back Japan’s future growth. The contributors advocate far-reaching structural reform in order to allow market...

During the latter part of the nineteenth century and the beginning of this century both international trade and national economies grew exponentially, with international trade growing considerably faster than national income. Contributors to these two volumes question whether trade’s more...

This important collection throws light on the historical development and evolution of the economy, society and institutions in post-war Japan.

This is the first title in The Growth of the World Economy series and collects together the most significant research and scholarship on a crucial period in the growth of international trade, from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. This three hundred year span saw a dramatic expansion...

The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today’s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of more than 40 specially commissioned chapters, written by...

Since the first edition of this best-selling book was published, the world has not only experienced further exchange rate crises, but also a ten-year period in which the euro has out-performed many people’s expectations. Interest in exchange rates continues to fascinate scholars and in this...

This two volume set reprints 37 important contributions dealing with international trade throughout the world during the rise of Great Britain to world dominance, the industrialization of Western Europe, and the political and economic expansion of European powers into Asia, Africa and the Americas.

This eloquent book analyses the theory of the cooperative form of enterprise from an historic perspective, whilst assessing its appeal in the current economic environment.