This book focuses upon the development of economics at Oxford after the establishment of PPE and the contributions of Oxford economists during the 'years of high theory' and afterwards. Students' recollections of tutorials and lectures, and their tutors and lecturers, along with examination questions and results, amongst other aspects of teaching at Oxford, are presented here for he first time. In addition, the many contributions of Oxford economists such as Harrod, Allen, Andrews, Hicks, Meade, Richardson and Steindl, including the staff of the Oxford Institute of Statistics, along with the…mehr
This book focuses upon the development of economics at Oxford after the establishment of PPE and the contributions of Oxford economists during the 'years of high theory' and afterwards. Students' recollections of tutorials and lectures, and their tutors and lecturers, along with examination questions and results, amongst other aspects of teaching at Oxford, are presented here for he first time. In addition, the many contributions of Oxford economists such as Harrod, Allen, Andrews, Hicks, Meade, Richardson and Steindl, including the staff of the Oxford Institute of Statistics, along with the story of the Institute itself, are dealt with. Unpublished correspondence, memoranda and papers are collected at various archives are cited to show that Oxford's contribution to the development of economics was equal to that of Cambridge.
WARREN YOUNG is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Deakin University in Australia. He is the author of Interpreting Mr Keynes and Harrod and his Trade Cycle Group. FREDERIC S. LEE is Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, Leicester, and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Roosevelt University in Illinois. He is a co-editor of The Heterodox Economics of Gardiner C. Means. His published articles have appeared in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, the Journal of Economic Issues, Australian Economic Papers and Oxford Economic Papers.
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Acknowledgements Preface Prologue PART 1: FROM OXFORD POLITICAL ECONOMY TO OXFORD ECONOMICS, 1922-39 The Changing of the Guard, 1921-22 to 1926-27 Crisis and the Rise to Dominance of Oxford Economics, 1927-28 to 1932-33 Becoming Entrenched: Oxford Economics, 1933-34 to 1938-39 The PPE Idea and the Cole Group PART 2: OXFORD PEDAGOGY, 1922 TO 1939: TUTORIALS AND LECTURES Tutorials and Tutors 'Revision' and 'Discussion' Classes Student Evaluation of Tutorials and Tutors Lectures and Seminars Evaluation of Lectures and Lecturers PART 3: OXFORD PEDAGOGY, 1922 TO 1939: PPE AND NEW KNOWLEDGE Lectures and Seminars: One Student's Notes Examinations, 1923 to 1939 Candidates, Examiners and Class Results The PPE's Adaptation to 'New Knowledge' in a Comparative Perspective PART 4: HIGH THEORY, 1924 TO 1939: HARROD, MEADE AND THE CROSS-FERTILISATION OF IDEAS IN OXFORD Cross-fertilisation of Ideas: Oxbridge and the LSE Harrod, Edgeworth, Ramsey, Robertson, Allen, Kaldor and Marschak, 1924 to 1939 PART 5: GROUNDED EMPIRICISM, 1931 TO 1939 Formation and Activities of the Oxford Institute of Statistics Formation and Activities of the Oxford Economists' Research Group PART 6: WARTIME ACTIVITIES AND POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1947 Research During the War Undergraduate Lectures 1940 to 1947 and the Development of Graduate Classes and Seminars after the War PART 7: REFORMATION AND REVIVAL, RETROSPECTION AND REVISION, 1948 ONWARDS Academic Politics, Personalities and the Professionalisation of Oxford Economics, 1948 to 1952 Harrod and Meade on Economic Policy, Growth and Keynesian Dynamics, 1948 to 1953 and 1959 to 1963 Hicks on the Trade Cycle, Capital and Keynesian Economics, 1948 Onwards PART 8: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES, 1922 TO 1990 Growth, Trade Cycle, Interest, Capital, Money and Development: Mainstream Issues and Contributions Price Theory and Competition: Normal Cost and Mark-up Prices Doctrines Cranks, Radicals and Rational Expectations: Heterodox Issues and Non-Mainstream Contributions Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Preface Prologue PART 1: FROM OXFORD POLITICAL ECONOMY TO OXFORD ECONOMICS, 1922-39 The Changing of the Guard, 1921-22 to 1926-27 Crisis and the Rise to Dominance of Oxford Economics, 1927-28 to 1932-33 Becoming Entrenched: Oxford Economics, 1933-34 to 1938-39 The PPE Idea and the Cole Group PART 2: OXFORD PEDAGOGY, 1922 TO 1939: TUTORIALS AND LECTURES Tutorials and Tutors 'Revision' and 'Discussion' Classes Student Evaluation of Tutorials and Tutors Lectures and Seminars Evaluation of Lectures and Lecturers PART 3: OXFORD PEDAGOGY, 1922 TO 1939: PPE AND NEW KNOWLEDGE Lectures and Seminars: One Student's Notes Examinations, 1923 to 1939 Candidates, Examiners and Class Results The PPE's Adaptation to 'New Knowledge' in a Comparative Perspective PART 4: HIGH THEORY, 1924 TO 1939: HARROD, MEADE AND THE CROSS-FERTILISATION OF IDEAS IN OXFORD Cross-fertilisation of Ideas: Oxbridge and the LSE Harrod, Edgeworth, Ramsey, Robertson, Allen, Kaldor and Marschak, 1924 to 1939 PART 5: GROUNDED EMPIRICISM, 1931 TO 1939 Formation and Activities of the Oxford Institute of Statistics Formation and Activities of the Oxford Economists' Research Group PART 6: WARTIME ACTIVITIES AND POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1947 Research During the War Undergraduate Lectures 1940 to 1947 and the Development of Graduate Classes and Seminars after the War PART 7: REFORMATION AND REVIVAL, RETROSPECTION AND REVISION, 1948 ONWARDS Academic Politics, Personalities and the Professionalisation of Oxford Economics, 1948 to 1952 Harrod and Meade on Economic Policy, Growth and Keynesian Dynamics, 1948 to 1953 and 1959 to 1963 Hicks on the Trade Cycle, Capital and Keynesian Economics, 1948 Onwards PART 8: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTROVERSIES, 1922 TO 1990 Growth, Trade Cycle, Interest, Capital, Money and Development: Mainstream Issues and Contributions Price Theory and Competition: Normal Cost and Mark-up Prices Doctrines Cranks, Radicals and Rational Expectations: Heterodox Issues and Non-Mainstream Contributions Notes Bibliography Index
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