By the time of his death the English economist Lionel Robbins (1898-1984) was celebrated as a 'renaissance man'. He made major contributions to his own academic discipline and applied his skills as an economist not only to practical problems of economic policy with conspicuous success when he served as head of the economists advising the wartime coalition government of Winston Churchill in 1940-45 and of higher education the 'Robbins Report' of 1963 but also to the administration of the visual and performing arts that he loved deeply. He was devoted to the London School of Economics, from his...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.