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having been inspired by Zetter's incisive research, have floundered on the difficulty
in obtaining empirical data, north and south.
Whilst there may be a few doubts about his analysis (outlined in Chapter 5), Zetter
has provided one of the only direct answers to the problem of economic recovery in
the south. It is for this reason, and to examine more closely some of the
assumptions that support his approach, that the role of the construction industry in
the post-war development of the south, will be considered in more detail in Chapter
5. In their différent interprétations of the post 1974 recovery, Zetter and
Christodoulou have inspired further investigation of the Keynesian / classical schism
in the context of post-74 reconstruction in Cyprus. Zetter does this explicitly ("only
the public sector, in conditions of risk and uncertainty, had the power to generate
confidence") 75 , whilst Christodoulou implicitly introduces the Interventionist versus
deregulated approach to a Cypriot context, bringing the period and the région more
into the mainstream of economic historical debate.
Admittedly, Christodoulou 76
fits less comfortably into the role of a classical
George, slaying the dragon of a pro-active state, than Zetter 77 does as an advocate
of government intervention. In the context (of war), even the most ardent classicist
perceives an economic role for the state. Given the preconditions for a free market
15 ìbid., p. 22.
76 Christodoulou 1992. op. cit.
77 Zetter 1992. op. cit.
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