在英国的说德语流亡经济学家与对德国战时经济的分析

German-Speaking Émigré Economists in Great Britain and the Analysis of the German War Economy

History of Political Economy · 2024
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中文导读

探讨了二战期间在英国的说德语流亡经济学家如何分析德国战时经济,重点介绍了汉斯·辛格、埃尔温·罗特巴特、哈尔·C·希尔曼和尼古拉斯·卡尔多的贡献,对经济史和战时经济研究者有参考价值。

Abstract

Abstract 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.

德语流亡经济学家英国德国战时经济配给制度虚拟价格体系