German-Speaking Émigré Economists in Great Britain and the Analysis of the German War Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4297347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harald Hagemann (University of Hohenheim, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 29-52 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-11470311 |
| OpenAlex | W4401331828 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
The need for analysis of the German war economy became urgent after the defeat of France and the threat of an invasion of Britain by Nazi Germany after the battle of Dunkirk in the summer of 1940. The expertise of émigré scholars now was in strong demand. First, this essay discusses the series of twelve articles that Hans Singer contributed at the request of Keynes to the Economic Journal from 1940 to 1944. An important characteristic of war economies is a shortage of consumer goods, which raises the question of the appropriate rationing scheme. Therefore, the notion of a virtual price system, introduced by Erwin Rothbarth, which takes note of the welfare consequences of interventions into the free choices of consumers, is the focus of the next section. Hal C. Hillmann was a leading analyst of the German war economy, the comparative strength of the great powers, and postwar reconstruction. Finally, the article discusses the role of Nicholas Kaldor, who had firsthand knowledge as a key member of the research team of highbrow economists chaired by John Kenneth Galbraith that at the end of the war studied the effects of Allied bombing on the German war economy. Kaldor's experience, also as the director of the Research and Planning Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe from 1947 to 1949, significantly influenced his pioneering contributions to growth theory
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A Perilous Progress
The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing
Economies under Occupation
Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour
The Effects of Strategic Bombing on the German War Economy
Game theory modeling for the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener
The Economics of Full Employment
Analysis of Germany's Foreign Trade and the War
Problems of Industrialisation of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
The German War Economy in the Light of Economic Periodicals
The German War Economy, V
Keynes's Collaboration with Erwin Rothbarth
Disguised Unemployment
The Decline and Rise of Soviet Economic Science
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |