1st Edition
The Economic Section 1939-1961 A Study In Economic Advising
List of tables Preface 1. Stirrings: the Economic Advisory Council 2. Beginnings: the Stamp Survey and the Central Economic Information Service 3. Emergence: the transition to the Economic Section 4. Perpetuation: wartime views on economic advising 5. The Economic Section in wartime: a personal memoir 6. The Economic Section in wartime: post-war policy (1) internal 7. The Economic Section in wartime: post-war policy (2) external 8. The Economic Section under James Meade 9. The Economic Section under Robert Hall 10. Integration: the move to the Treasury 11. Surveys 12. Plans 13. Forecasting 14. Demand management: monetary policy 15. Demand management: fiscal policy to 1951 16. Demand management: fiscal policy after 1951 17. External economic policy to 1951 18. External economic policy after 1951 19. Income policy 20. Conclusion: economic advising then and now Appendix Select bibliography Index
Biography
Alec Cairncross and Nita Watts
