Introduction: The Communist Party Economist

Timothy Shenk

A chapter in Maurice Dobb, 2013, pp 1-8 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In 1925, Maurice Dobb was a young man with a freshly minted PhD, a lectureship in economics at the University of Cambridge, and a problem. He had just been asked by one of his mentors, Dennis Robertson, if he would like to become an Assistant Director of Studies at Trinity College. The title was not a sinecure — actual teaching would be required — but it provided some obvious perks, including an institutional affiliation with one of the hubs of Cambridge economics and a bump in his paycheck. Delighted, he accepted Robertson’s proposal.

Keywords: Eighteenth Century; Industrial Revolution; French Revolution; Institutional Affiliation; Modern History (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137297020_1

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