Background
ROWLEY, Charles Kershaw was born in 1939 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
(This book is a key example of the emergence of public cho...)
This book is a key example of the emergence of public choice theory by an economist who was to become one of its major exponents. It combines a detailed, critical study of the Monopolies Commission, with an analysis of the economic issues involved in monopoly supervision and control.
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No modern British Prime Minister has been so thoroughly misunderstood or simply dismissed as Henry Addington. This is the first book about Addington as Prime Minister. Its purpose is to tell Addington’s story, from the point of view of him and his colleagues, in a vein similar to recent biographies of Charles James Fox by Leslie Mitchell and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by Amanda Foreman. Addington, who had no ambition for higher office, agreed to become Prime Minister only because his predecessor, William Pitt the younger, and King George III insisted. He immediately faced the serious and difficult challenge of leading a relatively inexperienced Cabinet to deal with a series of military, diplomatic, economic, and social crises caused by war and famine. Fedorak demonstrates that Addington dealt with these crises as successfully as the circumstances would allow and left a lasting mark on British politics. He negotiated peace with Russia, Denmark, Sweden, and France. He repaired the government finances, delivered the first modern budget speech, and ameliorated social unrest. After boldly declaring war on France in 1803, he doubled the productivity of the Income Tax, and raised more than 600,000 men at arms to fight the French. In the end, Addington did not fall simply as a result of his own ineffectiveness, but because of a complex train of circumstances in which questions of personality, both within and outside the government, played a major part. Out of these circumstances Addington gained a large body of loyal supporters who would make him one of the most powerful men in British politics during the first quarter of the nineteenh century. The framework is chronological in that it tells the story of his rise and fall as developments occurred over the course of the years 1801 to 1804. Within that framework, each chapter addresses particular topics in a way designed to lead the reader to the end of the story and a new historical conclusion.
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ROWLEY, Charles Kershaw was born in 1939 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy University Nottingham, 1960, 1964.
Lector Economics, University Nottingham, 1962-1965. Lector, Senior Lector Economics, University Kent, England, 1965-1970. Visiting Social Science Research Council, United Kingdom or United States of America Fellow, Senior Lector, Reader Economics and Social Statistics, University York,
9, 1970-1972.
David Dale Professor of Economics, University Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
83. Research Association, Center Study Public Choice, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1974, 1979. Professor of Economics, Center Research Association, Center Study Public Choice, George Mason University, Virginia, United States of America, since 1983.
Editorial Boards, Applied Economics, 1969-1982, Economics Affairs, since 1979, Industrial Economics, 1978-1980. Editor, International Review Law and Economics, since 1980.
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My early work was in the field of industrial organisation, commencing with an institutional study of the British Monopolies Commission, but moving on to the application of structure-conductperformance theory to industrial analysis. An interest in the concept of Xefficiency shifted my interest to welfare economics. A major research collaboration with Alan Peacock led to a range of contributions to a liberal political economy and this is an abiding interest.
Following a period of writing in the field of environmental economics, emphasising the relevance of market studies, my interests shifted significantly towards public choice and law and economics and most of my recent and current research is in these important fields. The influence of the Virginia school upon my work is obvious and I have now moved location to my true home. Still, my love for the ‘old’ Chicago remains, influences my work, and creates a constructive tension with Virginian-blend economics.
Of the new Chicago, the least said the better.
Member Mont Pelerin Society, American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Public Choice Society, European Public Choice Society (president 1980-1982).
Married Betty Silverwood, June 19, 1961 (divorced 1971). Married Marjorie Isobel Spillets, July 17, 1972. Children: Amanda, Sara.