Alfred Mitchell-Innes

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Alfred Mitchell-Innes (born June 30, 1864 in Edinburgh , † February 13, 1950 ) was a British diplomat, economist and author.

family

Former residence of Alfred Mitchell-Innes in Washington, DC

Mitchell-Innes was the youngest child of Alexander Mitchell-Innes (1811-1866) and his second wife Fanny Augusta (1821-1902). He married (second marriage) in 1919 Eveline († December 28, 1946), daughter of Sir William Miller, 1st Baronet .

Career

Raised privately, he entered the British diplomatic service in 1890 and worked in Cairo from 1891 . In 1896 he became the financial advisor to Chulalongkorn the Great , King of Siam . In 1899 he was appointed Undersecretary of State for Finance in Egypt and was Counselor at the British Embassy in Washington, DC from 1908 to 1913. He worked in Uruguay from 1913 to 1919 , after which he retired.

While living in Washington, he wrote two articles on money and credit for The Banking Law Journal . The first, “What is Money?” Received a positive review from John Maynard Keynes , which led to the publication of the second article, Credit Theory of Money . Long forgotten and rediscovered decades later, the articles are considered "the best pair of articles ever written about the nature of money in the twentieth century".

In retirement he served on Bedford City Council from 1921 to 1931 and from 1934 to 1947.

Publications

  • Love and The Law: a study of Oriental justice , Hibbert Journal , January 1913, pp. 273-296.
  • What is Money , The Banking Law Journal , May 1913, pp. 377-408
  • The Credit Theory of Money , The Banking Law Journal , Vol. 31 (1914), Dec./Jan., Pp. 151-168.
  • Martyrdom in our Times: Two essays on prisons and punishments , Williams & Norgate: London, 1932.

credentials

  • Ruvigny and Raineval, The Marquis of: The Blood Royal of Britain - Tudor Roll , London, 1903, p. 550
  • Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes , 69th edition, London, 1943.
  • Black, Adam & Charles: Who's Who , London, 1945, p. 1910.
  • L. Randall Wray (Ed.): Credit and State Theories of Money: The Contributions of A. Mitchell Innes . Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-84376-513-6 .
  • Kampa, Alex: Money, Credit Conversion and the legacy of Mitchell-Innes , Godel Press, 2016, ISBN 978-9995982706 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keynes, John Maynard, 'What is money?', Economic Journal , 24:95 (September 1914), pp. 419-21
  2. ^ David Graeber : Debt: The First 5,000 Years , Publisher: Melville House; Reprint edition. November 27, 2012, ISBN 1-61219-129-0
  3. ↑ L. Randall Wray, Credit and state theories of money: the contributions of A. Mitchell Innes , p.223
personal data
SURNAME Mitchell-Innes, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat, economist and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1950