Economic History

  1. Post-War Golden Age
    1. International Economic Order
      1. Bretton Woods System
        1. Fixed Exchange Rates
          1. Dollar-Gold Standard
            1. Capital Controls
            2. International Institutions
              1. International Monetary Fund
                1. World Bank
                  1. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
                  2. Marshall Plan
                    1. European Recovery Program
                      1. Aid Distribution
                        1. Economic Integration
                          1. Political Objectives
                        2. Golden Age Growth
                          1. Growth Performance
                            1. High Growth Rates
                              1. Productivity Increases
                                1. Full Employment
                                  1. Price Stability
                                  2. Keynesian Policies
                                    1. Demand Management
                                      1. Fiscal Policy
                                        1. Monetary Policy
                                          1. Counter-Cyclical Measures
                                          2. Welfare State Development
                                            1. Social Security Systems
                                              1. Public Health Care
                                                1. Education Expansion
                                                  1. Income Redistribution
                                                  2. Consumer Society
                                                    1. Mass Consumption
                                                      1. Suburban Development
                                                        1. Automobile Culture
                                                          1. Household Appliances
                                                        2. Development Economics
                                                          1. Decolonization Process
                                                            1. Political Independence
                                                              1. Economic Challenges
                                                                1. Institutional Building
                                                                2. Development Strategies
                                                                  1. Import Substitution Industrialization
                                                                    1. Export-Oriented Industrialization
                                                                      1. State-Led Development
                                                                        1. Foreign Aid Programs
                                                                        2. East Asian Success
                                                                          1. Japan's Economic Miracle
                                                                            1. Four Asian Tigers
                                                                              1. South Korea
                                                                                1. Taiwan
                                                                                  1. Hong Kong
                                                                                    1. Singapore
                                                                                    2. Development Models
                                                                                      1. Growth Factors
                                                                                    3. Socialist Economies
                                                                                      1. Soviet Economic System
                                                                                        1. Central Planning
                                                                                          1. Heavy Industry Focus
                                                                                            1. Agricultural Collectivization
                                                                                              1. Technological Development
                                                                                              2. Eastern European Economies
                                                                                                1. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
                                                                                                  1. Economic Integration
                                                                                                    1. Reform Attempts
                                                                                                    2. Performance and Problems
                                                                                                      1. Growth Patterns
                                                                                                        1. Efficiency Issues
                                                                                                          1. Consumer Goods Shortages
                                                                                                            1. Technological Lag
                                                                                                          2. End of Golden Age
                                                                                                            1. Bretton Woods Collapse
                                                                                                              1. Triffin Dilemma
                                                                                                                1. Dollar Crisis
                                                                                                                  1. Nixon Shock
                                                                                                                    1. Floating Exchange Rates
                                                                                                                    2. Stagflation Crisis
                                                                                                                      1. Inflation Acceleration
                                                                                                                        1. Unemployment Rise
                                                                                                                          1. Policy Dilemmas
                                                                                                                            1. Keynesian Crisis

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