Themes in Macroeconomic History

Surveys the key macroeconomic questions that arise from the British economy 1919 to 1939.

Preface; 1. Epochs in economic history, 1919-39; 2. The exchange rate regime and UK economic performance during the 1920s; 3. Unemployment 1919-38; 4. Economic fluctuations 1919-38; 5. Exchange rate regimes and economic recovery in the 1930s; 6. Protection and economic revival in the 1930s; 7. Policy lessons of the interwar period; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.