Robert Rowthorn
Encyclopedia
Robert Rowthorn, known as Bob (born 1939, Newport, Monmouthshire) is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge
and has been elected as a Life Fellow of King’s College
.
reading mathematics. He took a post-graduate research fellowship at Berkeley
again in maths. He returned to Oxford and switched to economics taking a two-year B.Phil. He then got a job at Cambridge as an economist.
He was an editor of the radical newspaper The Black Dwarf.
He has authored many books and academic articles on economic growth, structural change and employment. His work has been influenced by Karl Marx
and critics of capitalism. He has worked as a consultant to various UK government departments and private sector firms and organisations, and to international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund
, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) and the International Labour Organisation. Many of his publications have a Marxist slant.
He has been described by Susan Strange
as being one of the Marxists (another being Stephen Hymer
) that is read in business schools.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and has been elected as a Life Fellow of King’s College
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
.
Life
He was born in 1939 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He attended Jesus College, OxfordJesus College, Oxford
Jesus College is one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship Street, Cornmarket Street and Market Street...
reading mathematics. He took a post-graduate research fellowship at Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
again in maths. He returned to Oxford and switched to economics taking a two-year B.Phil. He then got a job at Cambridge as an economist.
He was an editor of the radical newspaper The Black Dwarf.
He has authored many books and academic articles on economic growth, structural change and employment. His work has been influenced by Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
and critics of capitalism. He has worked as a consultant to various UK government departments and private sector firms and organisations, and to international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
(UNCTAD) and the International Labour Organisation. Many of his publications have a Marxist slant.
He has been described by Susan Strange
Susan Strange
Susan Strange was a British academic who was influential in the field of International Political Economy. Her most important publications include Casino Capitalism, Mad Money, States and Markets and The Retreat of the State : The Diffusion of Power in the World Economy.For a quarter of a century,...
as being one of the Marxists (another being Stephen Hymer
Stephen Hymer
Stephen Herbert Hymer , Canadian economist, was born in Montreal, and died after a car accident in Shandaken, New York...
) that is read in business schools.
Works
- 'What Remains of Kaldor's Law?', Economic Journal. Vol. 85 (337). p 10-19. March 1975. Reprinted in King, John E., ed., Elgar Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate, Brookfield, Vt.. p 347-56. 1994.
- 'A Reply to Lord Kaldor's Comment', Economic Journal. Vol. 85 (340). p 897-901. December 1975.
- Rowthorn, R. E. 'Economic growth in theory and practice: A Kaldorian perspective', 1975. Reprinted in King, John E., ed., Elgar Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate, Brookfield, Vt.. p 363-67. 1994.
- 'Conflict, Inflation and Money', Cambridge Journal of Economics. Vol. 1 (3). p 215-39. September 1977. Reprinted in The economics of unemployment. Volume 3. Junankar, P. N., ed., International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 122. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar; distributed by American International Distribution Corporation, Williston, Vt.. p 119-43. 2000.
- 'A Note on Verdoorn's Law', Economic JournalEconomic journalThe Economic Journal is one of the leading scholarly journals of economics. It is published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society by Wiley-Blackwell....
. Vol. 89 (353). p 131-33. March 1979. Reprinted in Economic growth in theory and practice: A Kaldorian perspective. King, John E., ed., Elgar Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate, Brookfield, Vt.. p 385-87. 1994. - Capitalism, Conflict and Inflation, Lawrence and WishartLawrence and WishartLawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned liberal and anti-fascist publisher.It publishes the journals...
(1980) 274 pp. - (with J. R. Wells) De-industrialization and foreign trade. Cambridge; New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. p xi, 422. 1987.
- (with J. R. Wells) 'Reply' [De-industrialization and Foreign Trade]. International Review of Applied Economics. Vol. 4 (2). p 224-35. June 1990.
- (with R. Ramaswamy) Efficiency Wages and Wage Dispersion, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, 17 pages. 1990.
- 'Intra-industry Trade and Investment under Oligopoly: The Role of Market Size'. Economic Journal. Vol. 102 (411). p 402-14. March 1992.
- 'Centralisation, Employment and Wage Dispersion'. Economic Journal. Vol. 102 (412). p 506-23. May 1992.
- 'Returns to Scale and the Economic Impact of Migration: Some New Considerations'. Spatial Economic Analysis. Vol. 4 (3). p 329-41. September 2009.
Further reading
- Mickiewicz, T; Zalewska, A., 'De-industrialisation: Rowthorn and Wells' Model Revisited', Acta Oeconomica Vol. 56 (2). p 143-66. June 2006.
- Ietto-Gillies, Grazia, 'Was Deindustrialization in the UK Inevitable? Some Comments on the Rowthorn-Wells Analysis', 'International Review of Applied Economics Vol. 4 (2). p 209-23. June 1990.
- Thirlwall, A. P., 'Rowthorn's Interpretation of Verdoorn's Law', Economic growth in theory and practice: A Kaldorian perspective. King, John E., ed., Elgar Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in Economics. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate, Brookfield, Vt.. p 392-94. 1994. Previously Published 1980.