"Based, in part, on the tenth annual conference of the Committee on Atlantic Studies held at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, in September 1978"--Foreword.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Inflation, recession, and the political process / Leon Lindberg -- Economic sectors and inflationary policies / James R. Kurth -- Europe and the United States : the transatlantic aspects of inflation / Susan Strange -- The IMF in Europe / Barbara Stallings -- The buck stops here : the politics of inflation in the United States / Michael Mumper, Eric M. Uslaner -- Inflation policy in Germany / Richard Medley -- Reigning in the surge : inflation and politics in the United Kingdom / Catharine B. Hill -- The Swedish case / Andrew Martin -- The political causes and effects of Argentine inflation / John T. Pothier -- Inflation and democratic transition in Spain / John F. Coverdale.