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Gustav Stolper’s Influence on U.S. Industrial Disarmament Policy in West Germany, 1945–1946

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This paper was first presented at the 20th Heilbronn Symposium in Economics and the Social Sciences, June 21–24, 2007, Heilbronn, Germany

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    Rieter, Heinz, (1998), “Der deutsche Volkswirt 1926 bis 1933,” in Studien zur Entwicklung der okonomischen Theorie XVII, p. 98.

  2. 2.

    Stolper, Toni, (1960), Ein Leben in Brennpunkten unserer Zeit, Gustav Stolper, 1888–1947. Tubingen Rainer Wunderlich Verlag, p. 38.

  3. 3.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 179.

  4. 4.

    Holl, Karl, (1999), “Stolper, Gustav” in Hagemann, Harald und Krohn, Claus-Dieter, (eds.) Biographisches Handbuch der deutsch-sprachigen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Emigration nach 1933, München, K.G. Saur, p. 694.

  5. 5.

    Stolper, Toni, pp. 344–347.

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    Hagemann, Harald and Krohn, Claus-Dieter (1999) “Emigration der Wirtschaftswissenschaften – Einleitung,” in Hagemann, Harald und Krohn, Claus-Dieter, (eds.) Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Emigration nach 1933, München, K.G. Saur, p. XXVIII.

  7. 7.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 346.

  8. 8.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 418.

  9. 9.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 424.

  10. 10.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 430.

  11. 11.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 433.

  12. 12.

    Stolper, Toni, pp. 433–434.

  13. 13.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 443.

  14. 14.

    Morgenthau, Henry (1945) Germany is Our Problem. New York: Harper & Brothers.

  15. 15.

    Balabkins, Nicholas (1964) Germany under Direct Controls. Economic Aspects of Industrial Disarmament. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, p. 21.

  16. 16.

    The Economist, CIL. 321, Sept. 8, 1945.

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    U.S. (Department of) State, (1947) Occupation of Germany: Policy and Progress, 1945–1946. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, pp. 28–42.

  18. 18.

    Zink, Harold (1957) The United States in Germany, 1944–1955. Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand & Co., pp. 92–96. See also, Clay, Lucius (1950) Decision in Germany. New York: Doubleday, pp. 72–73, and Balabkins, N., op cit., pp. 13–17.

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    Wheeler, George S., (1958) Die Amerikanische Politik in Deutschland 1945–1950. Berlin: Kongress-Verlag, p. 13.

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    (1995) Frankfury/Main, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 842 pp.

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    Kuczynski, Jűrgen (1972) Jűrgen Kuczynski, Die Erziehung des J.K. zum Kommunisten und Wissenschaftler. Berlin und Weimer, Aufbau Verlag, pp. 401–416.

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    Ratchford, B.U. and Ross, W.D., (1947) Berlin Reparations Assignment. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press., p. 69.

  23. 23.

    The Economist, vol. CL, 532 (April 6, 1946).

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    U.S. Department of State (1950) Germany, 1947–1949: The Story in Documents. Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, pp. 33–41.

  25. 25.

    U.S. (House of) Representatives. (Committee on) Foreign Affairs, (1947) Plants and Parts of Plants Listed for Reparations from United States and United Kingdom Zones of Germany.

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    U.K. House of Commons Select Committee on Estimates (1946), The Control Office for Germany and Austria: Expenditure in Germany. London: HMSO, pp. IV–V. See also, Schlange-Schoeningen, H. (1955), Im Schatten des Hungers, Hamburg: P. Parey verlag, p. 140.

  27. 27.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 449.

  28. 28.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 451.

  29. 29.

    For an innovative discussion of this concept, see Hubbard, R. Glenn and O’Brien, Anthony Patrick, (2006). Economics. Upper Saddle River NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall, pp. 39–40.

  30. 30.

    Mill, John S., (1900) Principles of Political Economy, Revised edition. New York: The Colonial Press, pp. 74–75.

  31. 31.

    Reported by Dr. Semler, Head of the Department of Economics of Bavaria. See Anlagen zum Kommentar meiner Erlanger Rede (1948), appendix 6.

  32. 32.

    Harrod, Roy F. (1951) The Life of John Maynard Keynes. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., p. 489.

  33. 33.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 410.

  34. 34.

    (1940) New York: Reynall & Hitchcock. See also, Stolper, Gustav, Hauser, Karl and Borchardt, Knut (1967), The German Economy, 1870 to the Present.

  35. 35.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 448.

  36. 36.

    Stolper, Toni, p. 449.

  37. 37.

    Stolper. Toni, pp. 451–452.

  38. 38.

    Stolper, Gustav (1948) German Realities. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, p. 164.

  39. 39.

    Hoover, Herbert (1947) The President’s Economic Mission to Germany and Austria, Report #3. Parch 18, 1947, p. 15.

  40. 40.

    “Policy Watch Note,” (1992), in Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 6, p. 189.

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Balabkins, N.W. (2011). Gustav Stolper’s Influence on U.S. Industrial Disarmament Policy in West Germany, 1945–1946. In: Backhaus, J. (eds) The Beginnings of Scholarly Economic Journalism. The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0079-0_12

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