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OverviewThis biography examines the life and career of Sir Austin Robinson. Now the last survivor of the Cambridge economists of the 1930s and a close associate of Keynes, he began as a seaplane pilot in World War I and spent two years in the 1920s, tutoring a maharajah in India. He was at the centre of economic policy-making during and after World War II, and in post-war years has been professor, editor, promoter of economic debate and economic adviser in many countries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: S. CairncrossPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.415kg ISBN: 9780333594773ISBN 10: 0333594770 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 10 August 1993 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface - Introduction - Early Days - Tutoring a Maharajah - African Survey - The 1930s: early publications - Wartime: 1939-45 - The Postwar Years 1945-48 - Cambridge and elsewhere - Austin the Economist - Austin the Man - Bibliography - IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |