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Abstract/Sommario: This 1958 book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University James Edward Meade (1907-1995) was a renowned British economist who, alongside Bertil Ohlin, was joint winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics. Originally published in 1958, this book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, delivered during the same year. Concise and highly readabl ...; [Leggi tutto...] This 1958 book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University James Edward Meade (1907-1995) was a renowned British economist who, alongside Bertil Ohlin, was joint winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics. Originally published in 1958, this book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, delivered during the same year. Concise and highly readable, it will be of value to anyone with an interest in economic history, theories regarding inflation, and macroeconomic theory in general.

Abstract/Sommario: Trade unions today and yesterday - The power of the unions - The role of the Tuc - Government by election - The general unions - Federations and confederations - The employers' organizations - Industrial relations and the State - Thrashing out disputes - Who calls the strikes? - Problems of union membership - The workers' voice in management - The future of trade unionism - Appendices.

Abstract/Sommario: Introduction: the problem of economic development - Principles: general theories of development - Principles: lessons of history - Principles: theories of underdevelopment - Policies.

Abstract/Sommario: The nature of oil concessions - The law governing concession contracts - State powers and contractual obligations - Principles of international responsibility - The settlement of disputes: a challenging problem - Conclusion.

Abstract/Sommario: Planning - Discounting the future - Choice of technique in the consumer goods sector: a simple model - Choice of technique in the investment sector: the model extended - Distribution of investment between the sectors: a change of assumption - Price-relations - Appendix: notes to chapters III and IV by Leif Johansen and A. Ghosh.

Abstract/Sommario: The relative economic stagnation of Europe - Universal free trade - Regional free trade - Methods of integration - Currency systems and stabilization policy - Fiscal policy - Factor mobility - Concluding remarks.

Abstract/Sommario: Introduction - The background of economic expansion - Foreign trade - The cotton industry - Other textiles and leather. Investment and innovation - Coal and iron - The railways - Shipbuilding - Agricolture and building construction - The monetary system - The eighteen-fifties in retrospect - Appendixes.

Abstract/Sommario: Summary of analysis - Analysis - The new estimates and their derivation - Historical review of national income and national wealth estimates in Canada (excluding official series published by Dominion Bureau of Statistics).

Abstract/Sommario: On econometric models of the U. S. economy - The reliability of the policy model used by the central planning bureau of the Netherlands - Forecasting bank liquidity - Measurement and interpretation of the income distribution in the United States - Changes in danish income distribution 1939-1952 - Income size distribution statistics in Canada-a survey and some analysis - Estimation of income distribution in Australia - The distribution of household and individual income - Some aspects o ...; [Leggi tutto...] On econometric models of the U. S. economy - The reliability of the policy model used by the central planning bureau of the Netherlands - Forecasting bank liquidity - Measurement and interpretation of the income distribution in the United States - Changes in danish income distribution 1939-1952 - Income size distribution statistics in Canada-a survey and some analysis - Estimation of income distribution in Australia - The distribution of household and individual income - Some aspects of the economic interpretation of changes in the inequality of income distribution - Trends and cycles in norwegian income shares - List of papers presented at the Fourth Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.

Abstract/Sommario: National income and expenditure of the United Kingdom, 1870-1952 - Prise de Vues sur la Croissance de l'économie francaise, 1780-1950 - The Long-Term growth of national income in Germany - The national product of Denmark, 1870-1952 - National income and capital formation in Hungary, 1900-1950 - Notes on income growth and the rate of saving in Japan.