Operation robot and the British political economy in the early‐1950s
The politics of market strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12585482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jim Bulpitt (University of Warwick, corresponding author), Peter Burnham (0000-0002-0987-5933, University of Warwick) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-31 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary British History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-9462 • E-ISSN: 1743-7997 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13619469908581512 |
| OpenAlex | W1997384413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
Operation Robot was a scheme which emerged from the Bank of England and the Overseas Finance Division of the Treasury in January 1952. It sought to convince ministers of the need to radically restructure Britain's domestic political economy and centred on the proposal to introduce sterling convertibility on a floating exchange rate in the budget of 1952. Although Butler failed to gain sufficient cabinet backing for the scheme, the issues raised by the Robot episode are fundamental to understanding the preoccupations of British governors in the 1950s
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| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2016 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |