Helmut Schmidt
Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation
Editors: Soell, Hartmut (Ed.)
Free Preview- Compact biography of Helmut Schmidt by his chief biographer (available in English for the first time)
- Presents a selection of major texts on international economic and financial policy by German Chancellor
- Helmut Schmidt as a policymaker pioneering international economic and financial cooperation (1972-2007)
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On the occasion of the 95th birthday of Helmut Schmidt, West German Chancellor 1974–1982, his biographer Hartmut Soell, Professor of History at Heidelberg University and former member of the German Parliament (1980–1994), presents H. Schmidt as a Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation. Influenced by the catastrophes of the early 20th century (global economic crisis, dictatorship and war), Schmidt entered politics as a trained economist and was one of the most innovative policymakers from the 1960s to the 1980s. As minister of defense, economy and finance and as Chancellor he was able to implement many of his ideas for closer cooperation between Western industrial states on currency issues and energy policy during the 1970s. Together with French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing he launched the G7 summits in 1975 and his proposals for a European currency system (1978–79) paved the way for the European economic and currency union. As editor of Die Zeit, he would later become an influential commentator.
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A Short Biography of Helmut Schmidt by Hartmut Soell
Pages 3-17
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Major Books by Helmut Schmidt and About Him as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Compiled by Hartmut Soell
Pages 19-26
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Speech in Nairobi: World Currency Conference, 25 September 1973
Pages 29-32
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Washington Energy Conference, 11 February 1974 Statement by the German Federal Minister of Finance, Helmut Schmidt
Pages 33-38
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The Energy Crisis: A Challenge for the Western World, Lecture at Roosevelt University, Chicago, 13 March 1974
Pages 39-50
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Helmut Schmidt
- Book Subtitle
- Pioneer of International Economic and Financial Cooperation
- Editors
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- Hartmut Soell
- Series Title
- Policymakers
- Series Volume
- 20
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-03868-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-03868-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-03867-4
- Series ISSN
- 2524-6798
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 162
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
- Topics
