Abstract
THE volume of informed criticism of the Government's economic policy and the continued pressure for the inclusion in the Cabinet of a Minister for Economic Affairs, which were in no way dispelled by the speeches of the Prime Minister or the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the recent debate on economic organization in the House of Commons, indicate that there is a far more widespread appreciation of the importance of economic questions at the outset of the present War than at almost any time during the struggle of 1914-18. This difference is brought out strikingly in the early chapters of Dr. Einzig's book, and the existence of such interest and informed opinion make the more regrettable the failure of the Government to take the public into its confidence, to explain what is happening and to enlist its co-operation.
(1) Economic Warfare
By Paul Einzig. Pp. x + 151. (London: Mac-millan and Co., Ltd., 1940.) 7s. 6d. net.
(2) The Economic Effort of War
By R. W. B. Clarke. Pp. 252. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1940.) 7s. 6d. net.
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BRIGHTMAN, R. (1) Economic Warfare (2) The Economic Effort of War. Nature 145, 724–725 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145724a0
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