NYU Press Economic Science and Political Economy

Product Description Until his death in 1984, Lionel Robbins was one of the world's most influential economic theorists and the foremost British economist of his generation. Appointed to a professorship at the prestigious London School of Economics when only thirty years old, Robbins dominated British economic thought for decades and proved a powerful force in the formulation of post-World War II economic policy. Review "[An] outstanding pioneering effort. . . . Scholars and lay readers with an interest in 20th century North Africa, Jewish community life, Zionism, and political development will find much here that is new and useful. Highly recommended."-"International Journal of Middle East Studies", "Drawing on French government archives, documents of the Alliance Isralite Universelle (AIU), Israeli archives, interviews and published sources, Laskier provides a readable, well-integrated socio-political history of the Jewish communities of North Africa." -"Religious Studies Review", About the Author Susan Howson is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto, and is the editor of The Collected Papers of James Meade.