Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy, 1945-51
List of figures vii List of tables viii Preface xi part one one The post-war situation 3 two The years of recovery: an overview 17 three The machinery of government 47 part two four External economic policy: the background 61 five The American loan 88 six The convertibility crisis of 1947 121 seven Devaluation, 1949 165 eight Rearmament, 1950-1 212 nine Robot, 1952 234 ten Britain and Europe 272 part three eleven The planned economy 299 twelve Direct controls 333 thirteen The coal crisis 354 fourteen Manpower and the labour market 385 fifteen Fiscal policy, demand management and inflation 409 sixteen Monetary policy 427 seventeen Capital investment 446 eighteen Nationalization 463 part four nineteen Conclusions 499 Select bibliography 510 Index 519