Richard Kahn (economist)

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Richard Ferdinand Kahn, Baron Kahn , CBE , FBA (born August 10, 1905 in Hampstead , † June 6, 1989 in Cambridge ) was a British economist.

Life

Kahn was born in 1905 to Augustus Kahn, a German teacher of the Jewish Orthodox faith, and Regina Schoyer. After attending St Paul's School in London, he studied at King's College (Cambridge) and graduated in physics as a BA in 1927. From 1927 to 1928 he studied economics with John Maynard Keynes . In 1930 he was made a fellow at King's College, where he was also a professor from 1951 to 1972. Since 1960 he was a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy .

Publications

  • The economics of the Short Period (dissertation, 1929)
  • The Relation of Home Investment to Unemployment (Economic Journal 41 (1931), pp. 173-198)

literature

  • Luigi Pasinetti : Keynes and the Cambridge Keynesians . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007, Chapter III — Richard Ferdinand Kahn (1905-1989). Co-author of The General Theory ?, p. 65-93 .
  • Luigi L. Pasinetti: Richard Ferdinand Kahn, 1905–1989 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 76 , 1991, pp. 423-443 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed June 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kahn, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kahn, Richard Ferdinand Kahn Baron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British economist
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampstead
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1989
Place of death Cambridge