Monetary and Fiscal Thought and Policy in Canada by Irving Brecher PAPERBACK

Monetary and Fiscal Thought and Policy in Canada, 1919-1939Author(s): Irving Brecher\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442652231, 978-1442652231\nSynopsis\nIn this careful and thorough study of a Canadian field which has been relatively untouched in recent years, Dr. Brecher records and comments on the development of monetary and fiscal thinking in Canada in the inter-war period, and its impact on public policy in the federal sphere. Examining Canadian opinion about economic theory during this time, the author draws on four fields of thought: that of government and other public officials; of businessmen, such as bankers, and their views on what should be done about the depression; of the \""radical group\"", such as those prominent in the formation of the CCF and Social Credit parties; and of economists, prominent in the universities.\n\n Dr. Brecher points out in his preface that his inquiry is rooted.