| Foreword | 7 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 9 |
| List of Abbreviations | 11 |
| Acknowledgements | 13 |
| Introduction | 15 |
1. | Social Democratic Economic Policies and Post-war Programme | 17 |
1.1 | SD Economic Policy Formulation in the Inter-war Period | 17 |
1.2 | SD Economic Policy in 1945 | 26 |
1.3 | SD Expectations for Post-War Economic Development | 31 |
1.4 | The Future of Denmark | 33 |
2. | The Marshall Plan, 1947-1948 | 44 |
2.1 | The SD Party and Foreign Policy | 44 |
2.2 | The Liberal Government and the Paris Conference of 1947 | 48 |
2.3 | The Marshall Plan and the Rupture of COMISCO | 53 |
2.4 | The SD Reaction to the Marshall Plan | 59 |
2.5 | Bilateral Agreement with the USA | 64 |
2.6 | The Administration of the Marshall Plan in Denmark | 73 |
3. | Marshall Plan Policies and Danish Social Democratic Economic Policy | 76 |
3.1 | The Politics of Productivity | 76 |
3.2 | The Impact of Marshall Plan Policies in Western Europe | 80 |
3.3 | Centralization of Decision Making in Denmark | 91 |
3.4 | The Long-Term Program | 101 |
4. | Danish Industry in the Post-war World: Protectionism Versus Economic Growth | 114 |
4.1 | Obstacles to Growth in Danish Industry | 114 |
4.2 | Trade Unions, the Labour Market, and Industrial Relations | 127 |
4.3 | Monetary and Fiscal Policies: The Government and the Central Bank | 135 |
4.4 | The Economic Recovery Fund | 146 |
4.5 | Employment and Cyclical Stabilization Policies | 164 |
4.6 | Productivity Policies in Denmark | 176 |
5. | Danish Agriculture in the Post-war World: Return to Free Market Forces Versus Structural Change | 184 |
5.1 | Structural Problems in Danish Agriculture | 184 |
5.2 | SD Agricultural Policies | 190 |
5.3 | Trade Relations with Britain, 1945-1950 | 200 |
5.4 | Consumption and Wartime Restrictions | 218 |
5.5 | The ECA and the Planning of Agricultural Production, 1948-1952 | 229 |
5.6 | The Danish Dollar Problem | 239 |
6. | Liberalization of Trade and Payments: Import Restrictions Versus Deflation | 273 |
6.1 | Liberalization of Trade and Payments in Western Europe, 1948-1950 | 273 |
6.2 | Denmark's Position in a European Payments Union | 280 |
6.3 | The Devaluation of September 1949 | 286 |
6.4 | The Liberalization of Trade in Denmark | 290 |
6.5 | Denmark's Proposal for a European Payments Union | 293 |
6.6 | The Nordic Customs Union | 300 |
6.7 | UNISCAN | 307 |
6.8 | The Balance-of-Payments Crisis of 1950 | 310 |
7. | Conclusion: Marshall Plan Policies, Sd Economic Policies, and Economic Recovery in Denmark, 1947-1950 | 320 |
7.1 | The Impact of the Marshall Plan on the Danish Economy | 320 |
7.2 | Marshall Plan Policies and SD Economic Policies | 332 |
7.3 | The ECA and the Danish Economy | 336 |
| Bibliography | 341 |
| Archives consulted | 355 |