Maturing in Hard Times: Canada's Department of Finance Through the Great Depression (Canadian Public Administration Series): Volume 13 - Hardcover

Bryce, Robert B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773505555 ISBN 13: 9780773505551

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986

Synopsis

Focusing on the causes and extent of the Depression of the 1930s and its impact on a wide range of governmental policies, Bryce describes the department's increasing involvement in the formation and conduct of economic policies. The department was involved in events ranging from the collapse of the gold standard in 1931, to the possible default of the governments of the western provinces, to the introduction of federal unemployment and housing policies, to the founding of the Bank of Canada. Bryce presents a fascinating portrait of the early Department of Finance and the informality of the policy process in what was obviously a smaller, simpler Ottawa. From the vantage point of his years of experience within the department, he offers insightful analyses of the central economic issues of this century.

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• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0773505555
• ISBN 13: 9780773505551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320