Marshall (Economics) Library Advent Calendar 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 25 Dec: After 1939, when Keynes recovered from a heart attack, he directed his energy to practical economics: optimum allocation of resources for war effort and the new financial order at the Bretton Woods Conference #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/BK7b6NS7TD

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 25, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 24 Dec: Many intellectuals, labour unions, artists and political parties worldwide have been influenced by Marx's work, he is typically cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/y0uFM9Xae4

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 24, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 Dec 23: Beatrice Webb was a member of the Minority Report to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress – ultimately leading to the Welfare State. Sidney Webb co-authored The History of Trade Unionism-in MAR Rare Books pic.twitter.com/8PDSKzBNYf

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 23, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 22 Dec: Alfred Marshall -Principles of Economics (1890), was the dominant economic textbook in England for years. It brings the ideas of supply and demand, marginal utility and costs of production into a coherent whole #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/NDDZmWQkfu

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 22, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 21 Dec:Piero Sraffa, was an Italian refugee and a fellow of @TrinCollCam, also a former Marshall Librarian! In 1961 he won the Stockholm Academy of Science prize - equivalent to hte Nobel Prizee #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/1MAHA5mLD9

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 21, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 20 Dec: Mary Paley, one of the first women students to take the Tripos in 1875 -she also helped Marshall with Principles of Economics. Read the proofs here: https://t.co/xjTVZRfNVB #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/TJwflndak5

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 20, 2017

Famous Economists #AdventCalendar2017 19 Dec: JM Keynes- In addition to being an economist, Keynes was also a civil servant, a director of the, and a part of the Bloomsbury Group #MarshallLibraryAdvent pic.twitter.com/AoyOkltJe8

— Marshall Library (@MarshallLibrary) December 19, 2017