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The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On

May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe, a defining moment in modern history which signalled the beginning of the end of years of bloody conflict that left a world fragmented. The scale of mobilisation of all sectors of the economy and society had redefined the concept of ‘total war’. This eBook brings together recent research on a range of aspects of the war including the extensive war preparations of the great powers; the conduct of the war (including the management of economic mobilisation, economic warfare, economic exploitation, and the role of economists); and the war’s consequences for demography, inequality, economic recovery and political attitudes. Overall this eBook provides a unique insight into the importance of economics and the sometimes overlooked role that economists played in shaping the war and its outcomes.

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Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds) (2020), ‘The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On‘, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Broadberry, S and M Harrison (2020), ‘Introduction: The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Voth, H (2020), ‘Roots of war: Hitler’s rise to power‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Overy, R (2020), ‘The German economy from peace to war: The Blitzkrieg economy revisited‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Harrison, M (2020), ‘The Soviet economy and war preparations‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Broadberry, S (2020), ‘Lessons learned? British economic management and performance during the World Wars‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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O’Brien, P (2020), ‘How the war was won‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Edgerton, D (2020), ‘Never alone, and always strong: the British war economy in 1940 and after‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Fishback, P (2020), ‘The Second World War in America: Spending, deficits, multipliers, and sacrifices‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Harrison, M (2020), ‘Economic warfare: Insights from Mançur Olson‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Okazaki, T (2020), ‘Supplier networks as a key to wartime production in Japan‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Klemann, H (2020), ‘Exploitation and destruction in Nazi-occupied Europe‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Golson, E (2020), ‘The economics of neutrality in the Second World War‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Bollard, A (2020), ‘Economists at war‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Ó Gráda, C (2020), ‘The famines of the Second World War‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Scheidel, W (2020), ‘Inequality: Total war as a great leveller‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Vonyó, T (2020), ‘Recovery and reconstruction in Europe after the war‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years

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Grosjean, P (2020), ‘How the war shaped political and social trust in the long run‘, in Broadberry, S and M Harrison (eds), The Economics of the Second World War: Seventy-Five Years On, CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/books-and-reports/economics-second-world-war-seventy-five-years