Economists in the Cold War - How a Handful of Economists Fought the Battle of Ideas

Economists in the Cold War is an account of the economic drivers and outcomes of the Cold War, told through the stories of seven international economists, who were all closely involved in theory and policy in the period 1945-73.

List of contents

• 1: Rebuilding the World: Harry Dexter White and the New Dealers


• 2: Making Central Planning Work: Oskar Lange and the Marxist-Leninists


• 3: The Cold War Hardens: John von Neumann and the Cold War Warriors


• 4: A Continental Middle Way: Ludwig Erhard and the Social Market Economists


• 5: Seeking Growth and Stability: Joan Robinson and the Post-Keynesians


• 6: East Asian Growth: Saburo Okita and the Flying Geese Economists


• 7: North-South Divide: Raul Prebisch and the Development Economists


• 8: Epilogue: El Encuentro en Santiago (Encounter in Santiago)

About the author

Alan Bollard is a Professor of Economics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He formerly managed APEC, the largest regional economic integration organization in the world, and was previously the New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor, Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury, and Chairman of the New Zealand Commerce Commission. Professor Bollard is the author of Economists at War (Oxford University Press, 2019) and A Few Hares to Chase: The Life and Economics of Bill Philips (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Summary

Economists in the Cold War is an account of the economic drivers and outcomes of the Cold War, told through the stories of seven international economists, who were all closely involved in theory and policy in the period 1945-73.

Additional text

This volume is an interesting history of how the conflict between free market-oriented thinkers and central planning-oriented thinkers played out in the policies pursued by different countries during the Cold War.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Bollard, Alan (Economics Professor Bollard, Prof Alan (Economics Professor Bollard, Bollard Alan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9780192887399
• ISBN: 978-0-19-288739-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, The Cold War, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period), Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War