The Marshall Plan: Searching for Creative Peace, Then and Now

Spahn, Paul Bernd (1997): The Marshall Plan: Searching for Creative Peace, Then and Now. Published in: Frankfurter Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge No. 85

Abstract

The article reviews the elements of the Marshall Plan after World War II, and relates its positive features to economic challenges of the end of the 20th century.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Marshall Plan; economic development; Europe; transition countries; foreign policy; institution building; infrastructure
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics ; Industrial Structure ; Growth ; Fluctuations > N12 - U.S. ; Canada: 1913-; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H81 - Governmental Loans ; Loan Guarantees ; Credits ; Grants ; Bailouts; N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics ; Industrial Structure ; Growth ; Fluctuations > N14 - Europe: 1913-

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