Description
This book constitutes a supplement to the 1926 account of Alfred Marshall's Official Papers edited by John Maynard Keynes. The book presents material which Keynes did not include, editorial notes and introductions to the various pieces. It focuses on the advice that Marshall, a founding father of modern economics, offered to the British government in the late nineteenth century. The topics covered include education, the role of women, trade unions, unemployment, public enterprise, the quantity theory of money, inflation and trade, benefits of free trade and dangers of protection. The material offers valuable insights into policy thinking at the time, much of which has a surprising degree of relevance to pressing policy issues during our own time. The contents facilitates understanding this doyen of British economics and founder of the Cambridge School of Economics.
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ITEM 2 Gold and Silver Commission: note by Professor Marshall on Professor Nicholson's paper 'On the Effects of a Fall in the Gold Price of Silver and General Gold Prices' (dated 30 June 1888)
ITEM 3 Material associated with Marshall's work for the Royal Commission on Labour 1891-1894
MARSHALL S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMISSION S FINAL REPORT
MARSHALL S EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
AN UNPUBLISHED DRAFT FOR THE FINAL REPORT OF THE LABOUR COMMISSION
3a FIFTH AND FINAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON LABOUR 1894: EXTRACTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO MARSHALL
1. Causes of Irregularity of Employment7
2. Special Case of Riverside Labour in Port of London
3. Proposals and Opinions with Respect to Preventive Remedies of a General Character, including the Extension of Employment by Public Authorities
Minutes of evidence taken before the Commission as a whole Marshall's examination of J.M. Ludlow, CB, 28 October 1892
Marshall's examination of Tom Mann, 14-16 November 1892
Marshall's examination of Sidney Webb, 17-18 November 1892
Marshall's examination of Charles Booth, 29 November 1892
Marshall's examination of Dr E.R.L. Gould, 2 December 1892
Marshall's examination of Sir Robert Giffen, 24 January 1893, 2 February 1893
Marshall's examination of H.M. Hyndman, 2 February 1892
Minutes of evidence taken before Group B — transport and agriculture Marshall's examination of Ben Tillett, I5 july 1891
3c 'MEMORANDUM ON DISPUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN PARTICULAR TRADES CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING CLASSES IN OTHER TRADES'
ITEM 4 Appendix: Treasury document: 'The Fiscal Problem', 25 August 1903
I. Preferential treatment of the colonies
1. Application of Preference
2. Value of Foreign and Colonial Trade
3 . Probable Operation of a Preferential Arrangement
1. Comparison of 1882 and 1902
2. Allegation against Free Imports
3 . Excess of Imports over Exports
4. The Examples of the United States and Germany
5 Germany's Action towards Canada
6. The Conditions and Effects of 'Dumping9