Small States in a Total War -- The Mystery of the Dying Dutch -- Feeding the People -- From Riches to Rags -- Value for Money -- Poverty in Moneyed Times -- The Shadow Economy -- Filth, food and infectious disease mortality
Summary
Lard, lice and longevity reconstructs economic policies implemented in Denmark and the Netherlands during the German occupation. It clearly shows that the experiences of both these countries during World War I, and during the 1930s equipped them to introduce extensive and intrusive economic controls to ward off a subsistence crisis. In spite of the strong similarities between the two countries in terms of policies and economic order, there remains a glaring difference between the two. Throughout the occupation years, the Netherlands suffered a markedly higher level of child mortality than befo
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-247) and index
