Economic Consequences of the War - West Germany''s Growth Miracle After 1945

This exploration of the statistical evidence on Germany's post-war reconstruction sheds new light on the foundations of German economic power.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The audit of defeat: initial conditions; 2. The economic geography of post-war dislocation; 3. Growth accounts for West German industry; 4. Made in Germany: the post-war export boom; 5. Managing the miracle: economic policy; Conclusions.

About the author

Tamás Vonyó is Assistant Professor of Economic History at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan. He has written extensively on economic growth in post-war Europe and Germany's economic development during the Second World War.

Summary

For many, Germany's post-war economic power was based on liberal market reforms and the Marshall Plan. This book disputes this old myth. Quantitative evidence shows instead how the re-emergence of Germany as a leading industrial power was founded in the Second World War itself and the conditions it left behind.

Product details

• Authors: Tamas Vonya, Tamas Vonyo, Tamas (Universit... Commerciale Luigi Bocco Vonyo, Tamas (Universit... Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Vonyo, Tamas (Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Vonyo, Tamás Vonyó
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781107128439
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12843-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series; Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, economic growth, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, West Germany, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)