Journal of Economic Literature
Book Reviews
2026-09-01
Richard Green of University of Birmingham reviews “Electricity and Energy Policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945” by Martin Chick, Martin Chick,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Presents a major economic and historical study of the development of electricity and energy policy in Britain, France, and the United States since 1945. Discusses shifting from coal to oil--what price security?; the European Coal and Steel Community; moving the margin to the center--pricing electricity; electricity investment--rewarding the past, discounting the future; and deregulation, privatization, and liberalization. Chick is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Edinburgh. Bibliography; index.”