An Economist Among Mandarins: A Biography of Robert Hall, 1901-1988 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521471558)

Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the British government between 1947 and 1961. A former Rhodes Scholar and Oxford don, he was appointed as Director of the Economic Section, first in the Cabinet Office and then in the Treasury. This appointment came at a crucial time in the development of the modern economic state, when governments were taking on responsibility for managing the general course of the economy. This book puts a new slant on the events of these years as well as assessing Hall's role in them.

Author: Kit Jones
ISBN-10: 0521471559
ISBN-13: 9780521471558
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/1994
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.23w x 0.96d