Official Papers of Alfred Marshall
A Supplement

This book constitutes a supplement to Official Papers of Alfred Marshall on economic advice to British government.

Alfred Marshall (Author), Peter D. Groenewegen (Edited by)

9780521551854, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 May 1996

376 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.72 kg

"Since the centenary celebration of Alfred Marshall's Principles in 1990 scholars of his work have had a veritable feast of fresh material with Peter Groenewegen's magnificant biography of the'soaring eagle' at the forefront....This is a well-presented hardback volume which every library should carry on its shelves..." Ray Petridis, History of Economics Review

This book constitutes a supplement to the 1926 account of Alfred Marshall's Official Papers edited by John Maynard Keynes. The book presents material which Keynes did not include, editorial notes and introductions to the various pieces. It focuses on the advice that Marshall, a founding father of modern economics, offered to the British government in the late nineteenth century. The topics covered include education, the role of women, trade unions, unemployment, public enterprise, the quantity theory of money, inflation and trade, benefits of free trade and dangers of protection. The material offers valuable insights into policy thinking at the time, much of which has a surprising degree of relevance to pressing policy issues during our own time. The contents facilitates understanding this doyen of British economics and founder of the Cambridge School of Economics.

General introduction
Item 1: Evidence to the committee appointed to enquire into the condition of intermediate and higher education in Wales and Monmouthshire by Alfred Marshall - 20 December 1880
Item 2: Gold and silver commission, note by Professor Marshall on Professor Nicolson's paper 'On the effect of a fall in the gold price of silver and general gold prices' - 30 June 1888
Item 3: Material associated with Marshall's work for the Royal Commission on Labour 1891–4
Item 4: The fiscal problem, August 1903
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic theory & philosophy [KCA]