The Wartime Diaries of Lionel Robbins and James Meade, 1943-45
Author: Lionel Robbins Baron Robbins
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780312057411
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The Wartime Diaries of Lionel Robbins and James Meade, 1943–45
Author: Lionel Robbins
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1990-06-18
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1349108405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering the period 1943-45, these diaries cover issues such as the Bretton Woods UN Monetary Conference in 1944 and loan negotiations and the ITO, as recorded by Meade and Robbins.
The Wartime Diaries of Lional Robbins and James Meade, 1943-45
Milton Friedman
Author: Robert A. Cord
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-05-20
Total Pages: 832
ISBN-13: 0191009423
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Milton Friedman is widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. Although he made many important contributions to both economic theory and policy - most clearly demonstrated by his development of and support for monetarism - he was also active in various spheres of public policy, where he more often than not pursued his championing of the free market and liberty. This volume assesses the importance of the full range of Friedman's ideas, from his work on methodology in economics, his highly innovative consumption theory, and his extensive research on monetary economics, to his views on contentious social and political issues such as education, conscription, and drugs. It also presents personal recollections of Friedman by some of those who knew him, both as students and colleagues, and offers new evidence on Friedman's interactions with other noted economists, including George Stigler and Lionel Robbins. The volume provides readers with an up to date account of Friedman's work and continuing influence and will help to inform and stimulate further research across a variety of areas, including macroeconomics, the history of economic thought, as well as the development and different uses of public policy. With contributions from a stellar cast, this book will be invaluable to academics and students alike.
John Maynard Keynes
Author: Robert Skidelsky
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2005-08-30
Total Pages: 1089
ISBN-13: 0143036157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE DEFINITIVE SINGLE-VOLUME BIOGRAPHY Robert Skidelsky's three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life. Here, Skidelsky has revised and abridged his magnum opus into one definitive book, which examines in its entirety the intellectual and ideological journey that led an extraordinarily gifted young man to concern himself with the practical problems of an age overshadowed by war. John Maynard Keynes offers a sympathetic account of the life of a passionate visionary and an invaluable insight into the economic philosophy that still remains at the centre of political and economic thought. ROBERT SKIDELSKY is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. ('This three-volume life of the British economist should be given a Nobel Prize for History if there was such a thing' - Norman Stone.) He was made a life peer in 1991, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994. 'A masterpiece of biographical and historical analysis' - New York Times
The Treasury and British Public Policy 1906-1959
Author: G. C. Peden
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2000-03-02
Total Pages: 596
ISBN-13: 0191542660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century as it explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the central department in British government, the Treasury plays a key role in decisions on public expenditure, and on raising taxes and loans. Professor Peden traces the development of the Treasury's responsibility for managing the national economy and looks at how it became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War. In further examining the relations between ministers and their official advisers, this history explores the growing influence of economists in Whitehall.
The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951
Author: Richard Toye
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0861932625
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An exploration of Labour's 1931 pledge to create a planned socialist economy and the reasons for its failure to do so. In the general election of 1931, the Labour Party campaigned on the slogan "Plan or Perish". The party's pledge to create a planned socialist economy was a novelty, and marked the rejection of the gradualist, evolutionary socialism to which Labour had adhered under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald. Although heavily defeated in that election, Labour stuck to its commitment. The Attlee government came to power in 1945 determined to plan comprehensively. Yet, the aspiration to create a fully planned economy was not met. This book explores the origins and evolution of the promise, in order to explain why it was not fulfilled. RICHARD TOYE lectures in history at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Redefining the Bonds of Commonwealth, 1939-1948
Author: F. McKenzie
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2002-06-06
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 0230554687
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work is a path-breaking study of the changing attitudes of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1940s and the effect of those changes on their individual and collective standing in international affairs. The focus is imperial preference, the largest discriminatory tariff system in the world and a potent symbol of Commonwealth unity. It is based on archival research in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Keynes as an Economist, World System Planner and Social Philosopher
Author: Toshiaki Hirai
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published:
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 3031401352
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Exception to Promotion
Author: Elena Cima
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-10-18
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9004467564
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Exception to Promotion: Re-Thinking the Relationship between International Trade and Environmental Law tells a new, unconventional story of the nexus between international trade and environmental law - a story in which the keyword is synergy rather than conflict, and where the trade regime was always meant for something greater than simply trade liberalization. This ‘something greater’ was peace in the first half of the 20th century. Today, it is sustainable development, environmental protection, and social inclusion. Environmental protection is therefore neither antithetical to the overarching purpose of the trading system nor simply a ‘non-trade’ issue to be incorporated within the trade regime, but rather part of its very nature and purpose. By telling this ‘untold’ story of the nexus, this book intends to raise historical awareness and open a constructive discussion on the future of the trade regime and of international economic law governance at large.
