current economic issues. This has implications for the acceptance of economic policy since these economists are apt to uphold … the interests of their employer. In contrast, academic economists suffer from a lack of recognition and reach in the media … generation of academic economists, in contrast to previous generations, is becoming reticent on matters of public policy. …

The paper deals with the contributions by German-speaking economists in the UK during the Nazi period. It first gives … the founding director, in the late 1930s and early 1940s became an important place where emigre economists from Central …-discipline development economics before, finally, the role of exiled economists as analysts of the German war economy is discussed. …

' reputation among German economists and indirectly also their perceived relevance, but the effect on reputation is more than twice …