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- Birmingham_School_(economics) comment "The Birmingham School was a school of economic thought that emerged in Birmingham, England during the Post-Napoleonic depression that affected England following the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815.Arguing an underconsumptionist theory – attributing the depression to the fall in demand due to the end of the wars and end of war mobilization – Birmingham School economists opposed the gold standard and advocated the use of an expansionary monetary policy to achieve full employment.The leading thinker and spokesman for the Birmingham School was the banker Thomas Attwood. ".