An economist among mandarins : [a biography of Robert Hall (1901-1988)
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An economist among mandarins : [a biography of Robert Hall (1901-1988)
Cambridge University Press, 1994
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At head of title: The National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Bibliography: p. 235-240
Includes index
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Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the government between 1947 and 1961. He came to England from Australia as a Rhodes Scholar, became an Oxford don and a wartime civil servant. Within two years of returning to Oxford after the war, he was recalled to Whitehall. His appointment as Director of the Economic Section, first in the Cabinet Office and then in the Treasury, came at a crucial time in the development of the modern economic state, when governments were just taking on responsibility for managing the general course of the economy. As the senior members of the Treasury were rooted in a pre-Keynesian age, Hall's influence grew rapidly and was at times dominant with ministers. He was involved in all aspects of economic policy. This book puts a new slant on the events of these years as well as assessing Hall's role in them.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. An idyllic Australian childhood
- 3. Growing up
- 4. The young Australian in Oxford and London
- 5. Oxford don
- 6. Wartime civil servant in London and Washington
- 7. Postwar plans for a new economic order
- 8. A new job
- 9. Working with Cripps
- 10. The Korean War and rearmament
- 11. A change of government in 1951
- 12. The revival of monetary policy under the Tories
- 13. The problem of inflation
- 14. International economic cooperation
- 15. London, Oxford and Cornwall
- 16. Economic statesman
- Appendices.
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