Sima Lieberman – författare

Appraises the turbulent development of the Spanish economy over the last fifty years and places current economic problems in their historical context. The author examines the economic, political and social problems inherited from the Franco era and their evolution into the present. The book includes:* a detailed discussion of economic development under Franco, including the boom years of the 1960s followed by the decline of the early 1970s;*an analysis of the decade of economic crisis which only ended in 1985;*an evaluation of the economic successes achieved by the Gonzalez government during the second half of the 1980s;*an analysis of why, despite serious attempts to revitalize the industrial sector, Spain still has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the OECD.

First Published in 2005. This title studies the 1981 insurrection of the Spanish 'Guardia Civil', motivated by political and economic factors. The politico-economic causes of the February incident have been succinctly summarized and traced the institutional causality which explains the peculiarities of contemporary Spanish development. Within are chapters on Spanish agriculture, policies, the industrial revolution, and the economic crisis.

This is a thorough historical narrative of the evolution of Western European monetary policy since the end of World War II with emphasis on the analysis of European efforts to establish a monetary union for the countries of the European Common Market. The book gives to the reader an interesting insight into these efforts and carries the story to the present. Contents: Reasons for Western European Support of an International System of Fixed Exchange Rates at the End of World War II; Building a System of Multilateral International Payments; The Bretton Woods System under Stress; The Crisis of 1968 to 1971; The Collapse of the Bretton Woods System and the Foundation of the European Monetary System; European Monetary Systems; The Impact of Economic Deterioration in the EEC Since 1974, on the Process of Economic Integration; The Implications of the Single European Act; Will There Be A European Monetary Union; Bibliography; Index; Tables and Graphs.

Appraises the turbulent development of the Spanish economy over the last fifty years and places current economic problems in their historical context. The author examines the economic, political and social problems inherited from the Franco era and their evolution into the present. The book includes:* a detailed discussion of economic development under Franco, including the boom years of the 1960s followed by the decline of the early 1970s;*an analysis of the decade of economic crisis which only ended in 1985;*an evaluation of the economic successes achieved by the Gonzalez government during the second half of the 1980s;*an analysis of why, despite serious attempts to revitalize the industrial sector, Spain still has one of the highest levels of unemployment in the OECD.