{"product_id":"economic-reform-club-institute-cartels-the-menace-of-worldwide-monopoly-london-1944-privately-circulated-wartime-edition","title":"ECONOMIC REFORM CLUB \u0026 INSTITUTE-Cartels: The Menace of Worldwide Monopoly London, 1944. Privately circulated wartime edition.","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eECONOMIC REFORM CLUB \u0026amp; INSTITUTE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCartels: The Menace of Worldwide Monopoly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, 1944. Privately circulated wartime edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA scarce wartime study of international cartels, monopolies and the emerging post-war economic order, privately circulated by the Economic Reform Club \u0026amp; Institute of London. An abbreviated version of a special section issued by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, New York, on 27 March 1944.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe study examines the growing influence of international cartels through control of patents, prices, production and markets, with particular attention to the rubber, chemical and steel industries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf particular historical interest is its concluding \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“International Program.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Published only months before the Bretton Woods Conference, it proposes a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“World Trade Board”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to stabilize international trade and address international monopolies, alongside a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“World Investment Agency”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and international reconstruction finance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough not a direct blueprint for the institutions subsequently established, these proposals strikingly anticipate aspects of the post-war international economic architecture: the proposed trade body parallels ideas later embodied in the International Trade Organization, GATT and ultimately the World Trade Organization (WTO), while its investment and reconstruction proposals foreshadow functions associated with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other modern day International Financial Institutions (IFIs).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn unusual piece of wartime economic ephemera documenting contemporary thinking about the international institutions that would shape the post-war world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood condition. Original stapled wrappers; mimeographed typescript; Toning, folds, handling marks and minor edge wear. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScarce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Political Economy · International Trade · Economic Thought · International Institutions · Monopoly \u0026amp; Antitrust · Post-War Reconstruction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Library of Ideas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65572475797853,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/2760\/7389\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-14133800.jpg?v=1786707617","url":"https:\/\/thelibraryofideas.com\/products\/economic-reform-club-institute-cartels-the-menace-of-worldwide-monopoly-london-1944-privately-circulated-wartime-edition","provider":"The Library of Ideas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}