The performance of students during the first 50 years of the Cambridge Economics Tripos is examined. Students are grouped according to the Parts completed, and an assessment is made of the relative performance. A general comparison of college performance is also made. Students of Part I only are...

The Manchester Faculty of Commerce was founded in 2003 by Sydney Chapman, who quickly developed it into the foremost British faculty of its kind. It also played an important role in the development of the teaching of economics, with many of its young appointees moving to head new economics...

While List is well known as an early theorist of economic protectionism, little attention has been given to the problem o f how, at a time when the principles of economic liberalism dictated the adoption of free trade policies, List as a liberal advocated prot ection. Emphasis is placed on the...

The bicentenary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in 1976 was marked by the publication of a new complete edition of his works and correspondence, bringing together for the first time all extant published and unpublished writings. A basis was thereby provided for serious reconsideration of Adam...