The Modern Portuguese Economy in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

• Main Author: Amaral, Luciano (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Europe-Economic conditions.; Economic growth.; Macroeconomics.; Economic policy.; Economic History.; European Economics.; Economic Growth.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book offers insights into the behaviour of the Portuguese economy in relation to economic growth from the twentieth century to the present. How did the 1891-92 crisis and World Wars impact Portugal economically? How did the Portuguese economy behave during the 'Golden Age' of economic...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The 1891-92 Crisis and Beyond
• Chapter 3: World War I and the 1920s Financial Crisis
• Chapter 4: The Estado Novo period: The 1930s and World War II
• Chapter 5: The Estado Novo period after World War II: The golden age of economic growth (1946-1973)
• Chapter 6: The 1973 crisis, the 1974 revolution and their effects on the Portuguese economy (1973-1985)
• Chapter 7: The European period (1986-2017)
• Chapter 8: Conclusion: Some general topics - Government, openness and external imbalance.