International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950

by Anthony M. Endres, Grant A. Fleming

Overview

From the end of World War I through the early years of the Cold War, international organizations such as the League of Nations, International Labor Organization, the Bank for International Settlements, and the United Nations had a major influence on policies adopted among member nations. This book surveys ideas produced by those organizations on such vital matters as the international business cycle; trade policy; social policy; public expenditure; taxation and government investment activity; money and exchange rate management; wage setting and full employment and the rich country-poor country divide. The work reveals explicit normative agendas underlying international political economy, and lessons are distilled for today's debates on international economic integration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521022415
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/10/2005
Series:	Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1600L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1. Economics and policy in international organizations: introduction; 2. Business cycles: conceptions, causes and implications; 3. The role and conduct of monetary policy in the 1920s and 1930s; 4. Public investment programs in the interwar period: pre-Keynesian, proto-Keynesian and Keynesian perspectives; 5. Trade policy research: Geneva Doctrine and the Scandinavian connection; 6. Social economics at the ILO: scope, content and significance; 7. International finance and exchange rate policy; 8. The full employment movement from the 1940s; 9. Conclusion.