How Richard Downing Obtained the Ritchie Chair

Alex Millmow

History of Economics Review, 2013, vol. 58, issue 1, 57-70

Abstract: This article discusses how, after a tortuous process, Melbourne University found the right person to occupy the Ritchie Research Chair in Economics. It had been a position that had fallen vacant for over a decade after L.F. Giblin’s retirement in 1940. At a time when good economists were in short supply and following the failure of an advertising campaign, the position was offered to one of Melbourne’s own, Richard Downing. Before his elevation, a number of leading Australian economists had been considered. One of them, Douglas Copland, had always relished the position but there were institutional and personal hurdles facing his appointment.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/18386318.2013.11682209

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