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An extraordinary time :

Levinson, Marc,

An extraordinary time : the end of the postwar boom and the return of the ordinary economy / Marc Levinson. - 326 pages

First published 2016.

1. The new economics -- 2. The magic square -- 3. Chaos -- 4. Crisis of faith -- 5. The great stagflation -- 6. Gold boys -- 7. Quotas and concubines -- 8. The export machine -- 9. The end of the dream -- 10. The right turn -- 11. Thatcher -- 12. Socialism's last stand -- 13. Morning in America -- 14. The lost decade -- 15. The new world.

"In An Extraordinary Time, Marc Levinson investigates how the oil crisis of the 1970s marked a radical turning point in global economics: and paved the way for the political and financial troubles of the present. Tracing the remarkable transformation of the global economy in the years after World War II, Levinson explores how decades of spectacular economic growth ended almost overnight – giving way to an era of uncertainty and political extremism that we are still grappling with. Above all, Levinson shows that we must understand the economic disaster of the 1970s if we want to overcome the problems we face today. By focusing on a pivotal but often overlooked moment in the twentieth century, An Extraordinary Time offers a crucial and timely reappraisal of our age."

9781847941916


Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.


Economic history--1971-1990.
Economic history--1990-
Arab-Israeli conflict--Influence.--1993-
Petroleum industry and trade--History.--United States


United States--Economic conditions--1971-1981.

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