In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war.
James MeadeIn Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work.
James MeadeMy interest in economics has always been in the whole corpus of economic theory, the interrelationships between the various fields of theory and their relevance for the formulation of economic policy.
James MeadeFrom 1931 to 1937, I was a Fellow and Lecturer in Economics at Hertford College, Oxford.
James Meade