Intelligent radical's guide to economic policy : mixed economic
- London George Allen & Unwin 1975
- 160 p.
Professor Meade sees his radical as the citizen who puts Liberty and Equality high on his list of social and economic priorities. This guide to economic policy outlines an econ omic philosophy for reform for what new policies should the intelligent radical advocate for the control of inflation, the maintenance of full employment, the setting of prices and wages, the distribution of income and property, the manage ment of the environment and international trade?
Professor Meade expounds in simple language a set of closely interrelated policies which should enable us, out of the present uncertainty and economic turmoil, to achieve the decent, free, prosperous society which modern science has undoubtedly brought within our grasp.
Professor Meade is an Honorary Fellow of Christ's College. Cambridge, after having been Professor of Political Economy and then a Senior Research Fellow of the College. Before the war he was a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, before becoming an official of the League of Nations. Later he became Director of the Economic Section of the Cabinet Secretariat and Professor of Commerce at the LSE. Pro fessor Meade is the author of numerous articles and books on economic theory, policy and international trade, including a Principles of Political Economy, volume three of which, The Controlled Economy, appeared in 1971.