Economic Survey: 1919-1939
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Between the armistice of 1918 and the outbreak of the Second World War lay two turbulent decades that would reshape the global economic order — and Economic Survey: 1919-1939 by Nobel Prize-winning economist W. Arthur Lewis stands as one of the most authoritative accounts of that transformative era. With scholarly precision and analytical clarity, Lewis chronicles the volatile interwar period, from the post-war boom and the Great Depression to the fragile recovery attempts of the late 1930s, dissecting the structural forces — monetary policy failures, trade collapses, unemployment crises, and political instability — that brought the world economy to its knees. Lewis writes with the commanding authority of a man who understands economics not merely as theory but as lived human consequence, presenting his argument through meticulous statistical analysis balanced with lucid, accessible prose. A cornerstone text in the study of modern economic history, this work illuminates the systemic vulnerabilities of capitalist economies under stress, offering lessons that resonate far beyond the interwar years. For students, historians, and policy thinkers alike, the question Lewis implicitly poses — whether the world truly learned from its failures — remains as urgent and unsettling today as ever.
Author: W. Arthur Lewis
Format: Paperback
Genre: Business & economics
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Between the armistice of 1918 and the outbreak of the Second World War lay two turbulent decades that would reshape the global economic order — and Economic Survey: 1919-1939 by Nobel Prize-winning economist W. Arthur Lewis stands as one of the most authoritative accounts of that transformative era. With scholarly precision and analytical clarity, Lewis chronicles the volatile interwar period, from the post-war boom and the Great Depression to the fragile recovery attempts of the late 1930s, dissecting the structural forces — monetary policy failures, trade collapses, unemployment crises, and political instability — that brought the world economy to its knees. Lewis writes with the commanding authority of a man who understands economics not merely as theory but as lived human consequence, presenting his argument through meticulous statistical analysis balanced with lucid, accessible prose. A cornerstone text in the study of modern economic history, this work illuminates the systemic vulnerabilities of capitalist economies under stress, offering lessons that resonate far beyond the interwar years. For students, historians, and policy thinkers alike, the question Lewis implicitly poses — whether the world truly learned from its failures — remains as urgent and unsettling today as ever.