Interwar Unemployment in International Perspective
High unemployment has been one of the most disturbing features of the economy of the 1980s. For a precedent, one must look to the interwar period and in particular to the Great Depression of the 1930s. It follows that recent years have been marked by a re
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Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences - Vol. 43
Interwar Unemployment in International Perspective edited by
Barry Eichengreen and
T. J. Hatton
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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Interwar Unemployment in International Perspective Harvard University, Cambridge, MA May 7 -8, 1987 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Interwar unemployment in international perspective! edited by Barry
Eichengreen and T.J. Hatton. p. cm. -- (NATO ASI series. sc1ences ; no. 43)
Series 0, Behavioural and social
·Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division and the Centre for Economic Pol ILY Research." Rev. papers originally presented at a conference held May 7-8. 1987, at Harvard University. Includes index. 1. Unemployment--History--20th century. 2. Depressions--1929. 3. Economic history--1918-1945. I. Eichengreen. Barry J. II. Hatton. T. J. III. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division. IV. Centre for Economic Policy Research (Great Britain) H05707.5.I58 1988
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TABLE OF CONTENTS List of tables List of figures Preface List of conference participants
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Interwar Unemployment in International