Alec Cairncross

Biographic Data

ID5363748
NAMEAlec Cairncross
GIVEN NAMESAlec
FAMILY NAMECairncross
SIGNATURECAIRNCROSS A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Glasgow
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS125
TOTAL CITATIONS167
AUTHOR COUNT125
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1936
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
H-INDEX7

  • Economic advisers in the United Kingdom

    Alec CairncrossARTICLEContemporary British History1999References: 3

    In this posthumously published article Sir Alec Cairncross (1911–98), Chief Economic Adviser to Her Majesty's Government 1961–64 and Head of Government Economic Service 1964–69, gives his view of the role of economic advisers in government policy making. He traces the origins of their participation and then follows their activities to the present day. He concludes by offering a few comments on the job of economic adviser

  • A Century of Scottish Economics

    Open AccessAlec CairncrossARTICLEScottish Journal of Political…1998

    A review of the development of economics, and of university teaching and research in economics since the foundation of the Scottish Economic Society a century ago. Contrasts the Victorian world of do‐it‐yourself economics with no economic journals or societies and university teaching in the hands of the professor of moral philosophy with the current situation with 12 Scottish universities in place of 4 and a staff of over 240 in Scotland compared…

  • Alec Nove, 1915–1994

    Archie Brown, Alec CairncrossARTICLEEurope Asia Studies1997Cited by: 2References: 3

    (1997). Alec Nove, 1915–1994: An appreciation. Europe-Asia Studies: Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 487-497

  • From the Treasury Diaries of Sir Alec Cairncross

    Open AccessAlec CairncrossARTICLEContemporary European History1997

    In the 1960s, when I was Head of the (UK) Government Economic Service, I kept a private diary of conversations and events which has just been published. The excerpts from the diary which appear below relate to what I learned in 1967–8 about French attitudes to issues of international importance in which the United Kingdom was involved. The diary deals with four such issues: ( 1 ) the British application to join the European Economic Community; ( …

  • Henry Phelps Brown

    Alec CairncrossARTICLEReview of Political Economy1996

  • Economic Ideas and Government Policy

    Peter Howlett, Alec Cairncro et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1996

    This volume collects together Sir Alec Cairncross' most important contributions to the economic history of the post-1939 period. They address such major issues as the role of economists in the 2nd World War, the significance of the Marshall plan and Britain's relative economic decline. Together they demonstrate a keen insight into the changing role of the economist in government and the gradual transformation of the economic landscape

  • Economists in Wartime

    Open AccessAlec CairncrossARTICLEContemporary European History1995Cited by: 3

    The part played by economists in the Second World War has been little studied but was of an importance not appreciated by the public then or since. Equally, wartime experience had an influence on the development of economics as a discipline that has been given little attention. It was in the Second World War that economists in any number entered government service, discovered government, exercised a major influence on policy and left behind an ex…

  • Austin Robinson

    G C Harcourt, Alec CairncrossARTICLEThe Economic Journal1994Cited by: 2

    Journal Article Austin Robinson: The Life an an Economic Adviser. Get access Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser. By Cairncross (Alec). (London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1993. Pp. viii+198. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0 333 59477 0.) G. C. Harcourt G. C. Harcourt Jesus College, Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 104, Issue 426, 1 September 1994, Pages 1190–1192,…

  • Austin Robinson

    Alec CairncrossARTICLEThe Economic Journal1994Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Austin Robinson Get access Alec Cairncross Alec Cairncross Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 104, Issue 425, 1 July 1994, Pages 903–915, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234985 Published: 01 July 1994

  • Austin Robinson

    Open AccessAlec CairncrossBOOKAustin Robinson1993

    Sir Austin Robinson had a career unique among economists. A close associate of Keynes, he began as a seaplane pilot in the First World War and spent two years in the 1920s tutoring a Maharajah in Indi

  • African Survey

    Alec CairncrossCHAPTERAustin Robinson1993

    In 1932 the Cambridge Professor of Political Economy, Professor A. C. Pigou, was asked by the Archbishop of York, Dr Temple, to suggest someone to join a Commission of Enquiry under the auspices of the International Missionary Council. The Commission was to spend six months in Africa preparing a report on the impact of copper-mining in what is now Zambia on native society and the work of the Christian Missions in the Copperbelt. Pigou suggested A…

  • Goodbye Great Britain

    Sidney Pollard, Kathleen Burk et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1993Cited by: 1

    Journal Article `Goodbye Great Britain': The 1976 IMF Crisis. The Legacy of the Golden Age: The 196os and their economic consequences Get access `Goodbye Great Britain': The 1976 IMF Crisis. By Kathleen Burk and Alec Cairngross. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992. Pp. xix + 267. £18.95 hardback, US $35.00 hardback. ISBN 0 300 05728 8.)The Legacy of the Golden Age: The 196os and their economic consequences. Edited by Frances Cairnc…

  • Goodbye, Great Britain

    Paul Williamson, Philip Williamson et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1993

  • Economic Policy After 1974

    Alec CairncrossARTICLETwentieth Century British History1992

    Journal Article Economic Policy After 1974 Get access Labour's Economic Policies 1974–79. Edited by Michael Artis and David Cobham. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991, pp. 256. ISBN 0-7190-3438-8 Pb. £13.95. Macroeconomic Policy in Britain 1974–87. By A. J. C. Britton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press for National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 1991, pp. xiii + 365, ISBN 0-521-441004-5. $40.00. ALEC CAIRNCROSS ALEC CAI…

  • The Robert Hall Diaries, 1954-61

    David Wightman, Alec Cairncro et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1992

  • Reflections

    Alec CairncrossARTICLETwentieth Century British History1991

    Journal Article Reflections: How British Aircraft Production was Planned in the Second World War Get access ALEC CAIRNCROSS, SIR ALEC CAIRNCROSS, SIR Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 344–359, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/2.3.344 Published: 01 January 1991

  • Economic Laws and Economic History

    Alec Cairncro, Alec Cairncross et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1991

  • Thinking about Growth' and Other Essays on Growth and Welfare

    Alec Cairncro, Alec Cairncross et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1991

  • Reflections on Economic Ideas and Government Policy

    Alec CairncrossARTICLETwentieth Century British History1990Cited by: 1

    Reflections on Economic Ideas and Government Policy: 1939 and After Get access Alec Cairncross, Sir Alec Cairncross, Sir Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 1, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 318–340, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/1.3.318 Published: 01 January 1990

  • The Economic Section 1939-1961

    Thomas Wilson, Thomas N Wilson et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1990Cited by: 3

    Journal Article The Economic Section 1939-1961: A Study in Economic Advising Get access The Economic Section 1939-1961: A Study in Economic Advising. By ALEC CAIRNCROSS and NITA WATTS. (London and New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1989. Pp. xii + 372. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0415 03173 7.) Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson University of Bristol Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100,…

  • The Robert Hall Diaries, Vol. I

    Maurice Scott, Alec CairncrossARTICLEThe Economic Journal1990

    Journal Article The Robert Hall Diaries, Vol. I: 1947-1953 Get access The Robert Hall Diaries, Vol. I: 1947-1953- Edited by ALEC CAIRNCROSS (London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. Pp. xi + 321. £40.00 hardback. ISBN 0 04 445273 X.) Maurice Scott Maurice Scott Nuffield College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 100, Issue 401, 1 June 1990, Pages 628–630, https://doi.org/10.2307/2234154 Publish…

  • The Robert Hall Diaries, 1947-1953

    Martin Chick, Alec Cairncro et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1990

  • In Praise of Economic History

    A K Cairncross, Alec CairncrossARTICLEThe Economic History Review1989

  • In praise of economic history

    Open AccessA K Cairncross, Alec CairncrossARTICLEThe Economic History Review1989

  • Years of Recovery

    Ian M Drummond, Alec CairncrossARTICLEEconomica1987

    Years of Recovery was the first comprehensive study of the transition from war to peace in the British economy under the Labour government of 1945–51. It includes a full account of the successive crises and turning-points in those hectic years – the coal and convertibility crises of 1947, devaluation in 1949 and rearmament in 1951. These episodes, apart from their dramatic interest, light up the dilemmas of policy and the underlying economic tren…