CANNAN, Edwin.

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An Economist's Protest. First edition, first impression, of this retrospective statement of the author's economic position during the First World War. Edwin Cannan (1861-1935), a founding lecturer at the London School of Economics, collects a series of letters and articles criticising the economic policy of the Asquith/Lloyd George wartime governments.Provenance: George Cyril Allen (1900-1982), a British economist of industry, member of the Board of Trade during the Second World War, and an influence on Allied economic policy towards Japan, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper.

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