James Meade was a highly influential British economist who made significant contributions to both theoretical economics and economic policy. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work on the theory of international economic policy and was one of the first economists to serve in the wartime Economic Section of the Cabinet Offices, becoming Director in 1946. Among his many successes in applying theory to policy are the first official national income accounts, 'Keynesian' employment policies a...

These days current events are fraught with political animosity, global pandemic, warfare, gun violence, and economic insecurity. The troubling times that we live in leave us uncertain where we stand and in what direction we are going. So it is with good reason that anxiety levels have peaked and the affliction has extended to almost every segment of society—whether they like to admit it or not. We may not be able to change the world but End Anxiety!: Proven Benefits of the Transcendent...

First published in 1961, this reissue examines the contemporary economic problems of Mauritius alongside those social problems which have a bearing on economic development. As a small and isolated economy, marked by a very rapid rate of contemporary population growth, by an extreme concentration on a single product, and by a great diversity of racial, religious and linguistic groups within the population, Mauritius is a representative microcosm of the economic problems of a large part of t...

James E. Meade 用幾何學來解釋國際貿易。他導出了所謂的貿易無異曲線。本書證明他得到的實際上是一條無貿易無異曲線，而兩曲線之間的變化則意味著負貿易。當它無法導出任何正確的提供線時，Meade 的幾何也就無法解釋國際貿易。

"Pioneering in Cuba" by James Meade Adams is a captivating exploration of the early days of American influence in Cuba. The book delves into the lives of the pioneers who ventured into the island, highlighting their struggles, aspirations, and the cultural exchanges that shaped the region. Adams paints a vivid picture of the landscape, the people, and the socio-political dynamics at play, offering readers a nuanced understanding of this pivotal period in history. The narrative is rich with...

First published in 1964, this is a study of the extreme inequalities in the ownership of property, in economies across the globe. Professor Meade examines in depth the economic, demographic and social factors which lead to such inequalities. He considers a wide range of remedial policies – educational development, reformed death duties and capital taxes, demographic policies, trade union action, the socialization of property, the development of a property-owning democracy, the expansion of...

James E. Meade employed geometry to explain international trade. In particular, he developed the so-called trade indifference curve. This book proves that his result is actually no-trade indifference curves, and that change between such curves implies negative trade. When it cannot derive any correct offer curve, Meade’s geometry cannot explain international trade either.

First Published in 2004. This is Volume III of four on the collected papers of James Meade and looks at International Economics. James Meade was Professor of Commerce London School of Economics from February 1948.

My excuse for writing and publishing this book is a threefold one. For some time I have strongly felt that the true story of the La Gloria colony should be told, without bias and with an accurate, first-hand knowledge of all the facts. My close relations with the colony and the colonists, and an actual personal residence in La Gloria for nearly half a year, have made me entirely familiar with the conditions there, and I have endeavored to present them to the reader clearly, correctly, and ...

First Published in 2004. This is the second of three volumes of an edition of Professor Meade’s papers. As with the first volume (The Collected Papers of James Meade, Vol. I: Employment and Inflation, 1988), it includes both previously published papers and hitherto unpublished memoranda written during Meade’s period of government service, 1940-7, in the Economic Section of the Cabinet Offices, of which he was Director 1946-7.

First Published in 2004. This fourth volume of The Collected Papers of James Meade is different in form and content from the previous three volumes. It consists of a single previously unpublished work, the diary of Meade’s life in the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office which he kept for nearly two years. This covers the time where he was appointed to succeed Lionel Robbins as Director of the Section at the end of the Second World War until September 1946. This period encompasses the la...

First Published in 2004. This is Volume I of four on the collected papers of James Meade and looks at Employment and Inflation. James Meade was Professor of Commerce London School of Economics from February 1948.