An Economist among Mandarins: A Biography of Robert Hall, 1901–1988: 10 (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies, Series Number 10)
Cambridge University Press, 7/28/1994
EAN 9780521471558, ISBN10: 0521471559
Hardcover, 266 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Language: English
Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the government between 1947 and 1961. He came to England from Australia as a Rhodes Scholar, became an Oxford don and a wartime civil servant. Within two years of returning to Oxford after the war, he was recalled to Whitehall. His appointment as Director of the Economic Section, first in the Cabinet Office and then in the Treasury, came at a crucial time in the development of the modern economic state, when governments were just taking on responsibility for managing the general course of the economy. As the senior members of the Treasury were rooted in a pre-Keynesian age, Hall's influence grew rapidly and was at times dominant with ministers. He was involved in all aspects of economic policy. This book puts a new slant on the events of these years as well as assessing Hall's role in them.
1. Introduction
2. An idyllic Australian childhood
3. Growing up
4. The young Australian in Oxford and London
5. Oxford don
6. Wartime civil servant in London and Washington
7. Postwar plans for a new economic order
8. A new job
9. Working with Cripps
10. The Korean War and rearmament
11. A change of government in 1951
12. The revival of monetary policy under the Tories
13. The problem of inflation
14. International economic cooperation
15. London, Oxford and Cornwall
16. Economic statesman
Appendices.