{"product_id":"economists-at-war-how-a-handful-of-economists-helped-win-and-lose-the-world-wars-hardcover","title":"Economists at War: How a Handful of Economists Helped Win and Lose the World Wars - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Bollard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWartime is not just about military success. \u003cem\u003eEconomists at War\u003c\/em\u003e tells a different story - about a group of remarkable economists who used their skills to help their countries fight their battles during the Chinese-Japanese War, Second World War, and the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1935-55 was a time of conflict, confrontation, and destruction. It was also a time when the skills of economists were called upon to finance the military, to identify economic vulnerabilities, and to help reconstruction. \u003cem\u003eEconomists at War: How a Handful of Economists Helped Win and Lose the World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the achievements of seven finance ministers, advisors, and central bankers from Japan, China, Germany, the UK, the USSR, and the US. It is a story of good and bad economic thinking, good and bad policy, and good and bad moral positions. The economists suffered threats, imprisonment, trial, and assassination. They all believed in the power of economics to make a difference, and their contributions had a significant impact on political outcomes and military ends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomists at War\u003c\/em\u003e shows the history of this turbulent period through a unique lens. It details the tension between civilian resources and military requirements; the desperate attempts to control economies wracked with inflation, depression, political argument, and fighting; and the clever schemes used to evade sanctions, develop barter trade, and use economic espionage. Politicians and generals cannot win wars if they do not have the resources. This book tells the human stories behind the economics of wartime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Bollard, \u003cem\u003eProfessor, Victoria University of Wellington\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan Bollard is a Professor of Economics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He formerly managed APEC, the largest regional economic integration organization in the world, and was previously the New Zealand Reserve Bank Governor, Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury, and Chairman of the New Zealand Commerce Commission. Professor Bollard is the author of \u003cem\u003eCrisis: One Central Bank Governor and the Global Financial Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e (Auckland University Press, 2013) and \u003cem\u003eA Few Hares to Chase: The Life and Economics of Bill Philips\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2016).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44282336542822,"sku":"9780198846000","price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TDhjWmdzU0hZakNHclovbnlteENyUT09.webp?v=1766571807","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/economists-at-war-how-a-handful-of-economists-helped-win-and-lose-the-world-wars-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}