Overview

Ian Little has been one of the most significant British contributors to economics in the post-war era. His contributions to Welfare Economics and Development Economics have been highly influential and well-regarded throughout the world. This book is a fascinating insight into the personal and intellectual development of Professor Little, containing both the most important articles of his working life and autobiographical chapters.

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Author:   I. M. D. Little (Emeritus Fellow, Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780198295242

ISBN 10:   0198295243
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   28 January 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I. How I Became an Economist Ancestry and Education, 19181948 Part II. Mostly Welfare Economics Welfare Theory The Treasury (1953-1955), and the Years 1955-1958 Papers The Foundations of Welfare Economics (1949) Conclusions [from A Critique of Welfare Economics, 2nd edn. (1957)] Direct versus Indirect Taxes (1951) Welfare Criteria, Distribution, and CostBenefit Analysis (1979) Social Choice and Individual Values (1952) Part III. Development Economics Mainly India and Aid The OECD: Trade, Industrialization, and Social Cost-Benefit Analysis (1965-1975) Korea, Taiwan, and the World Bank (1975-1978) Mainly Self-Employment or Semi-Retirement (1978-1997) Papers The Strategy of Indian Development (1960) Public Sector Project Selection in Relation to Indian Development (1969) Protection and the Industrialization of Developing Countries (1968) The Transnational Corporations: The Economics of International Direct Investment [from Economic Deelopment (1982)] Project Appraisal and Planning Twenty Years On (with J. A. Mirrlees) (1991) Trade and Industrilization Revisited (1994) The Experience and Causes of Rapid Labour-Intensive Development in Korea, Taiwan Province, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and the Possibilities of Emulation (1981) Small Manufacturing Enterprises and Employment in Developing Countries (1988) Macroeconomic Analysis and the Developing Countries, 1970-1990 (1993) India's Economic Reforms, 1991-1996 (1996) Part IV. Loose Ends Miscellaneous Activities Reflections Papers Fiscal Policy (1952) Higgledy Piggledy Growth (1962) Distributive Justice and the New International Order (1980) Ethics and International Economic Relations (1992) References Collected Works of I. M. D. Little

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I. M. D. Little is an Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he was an Official Fellow from 1952-1971, serving as Professor of the Economics of Underdeveloped Countries from 1971-1975.

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