The Collected Papers of James Meade 4V

by Howson,Susan; Howson,Susan

• ISBN13: 9780415350495
• ISBN10: 0415350492
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-04-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Routledge is proud to reissue this important set first published by Unwin Hyman 1988-1990. THis collection of Meade's collected papers includes works he wrote and published on theoretical and applied problems in most fields of economics--Meade himself was one of the early British economists to serve in government. The first volume of contains his most important work on theoretical and applied aspects of employment and inflation from 1933-1985. His contribution to the pioneering work of Richard Stone and himself on the first official national income and expenditure accounts for the UK is included, as are his major contributions to wartime planning of post-war employment policy (which resulted in the 1944 White Paper on Employment Policy). Other contributions range from pre-war papers on Keynesian economics to his proposals for tackling 'stagflation' in the 1970s and 1980s. Volume II draws together Meade's work on Price Theory and Policy; Distribution; and Growth and Development. The volumeincludes a few papers written in the economic section, and begins with his first paper in return to academic life in 1947, including his work in the theory of the indicative planning (1970). The third volume contains a selection of papers on international economics, the field in which Meade received his Nobel Prize in 1977. The papers run from a conference paper given in December 1932 to one presented in July 1987. They include his important proposal in the Economic Section in 1942 for a post-war 'Commercial Union', which led ultimately to the Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1947 as well as academic articles produced in the course of preparation of his seminalThe Theory of International Economic Policy (The Balance of Payments,1951, andTrade and Welfare,1955) and essays commenting on, and presenting proposals for the improvement of the world economic order from the 1930s to the present day. This last volume differs from the preceding three in structure and content. Itconsists of the diary of Meade's involvement in the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office from November 1944 to October 1946, during which time he succeeded Lionel Robbins as Director. The entries cover post-war planning, the end of the Second World War, and the rebuilding and restructuring of the economy under a majority Labour government. This work gives a fascinating and accessible insight into the workings of government during this period in British economic history.