The European Economy since 1945 : : Coordinated Capitalism and Beyond / / Barry Eichengreen.

In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth century, the average European's buying power tripled, while working hours fell by a third. The European Eco...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]
©2006
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:The Princeton Economic History of the Western World ; 23
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Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.) :; 22 line illus. 39 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • ONE. Introduction
  • TWO. Mainsprings of Growth
  • THREE. The Postwar Situation
  • FOUR. Dawn of the Golden Age
  • FIVE. Eastern Europe and the Planned Economy
  • SIX. The Integration of Western Europe
  • SEVEN. The Apex of the Golden Age
  • EIGHT. Mounting Payments Problems
  • NINE. Declining Growth, Rising Rigidities
  • TEN. The Collapse of Central Planning
  • ELEVEN. Integration and Adjustment
  • TWELVE. Europe at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century
  • THIRTEEN. The Future of the European Model
  • APPENDIX. Sources of Growth
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX