- John Jewkes
John Jewkes (1902–1988) was a British classical liberal economist. He was Professor of Economic Organisation at Merton College, Oxford.
His main work, "Ordeal by Planning", was written in 1946; in it he argues that the central planning implemented in the United Kingdom during World War II can only lead to poverty if it is adopted as a permanent economic system. This thesis is quite similar to the one developed by
Friedrich Hayek in 1945 inThe Road to Serfdom . His line of thought was close to the ordoliberal thesis ofWilhelm Röpke andWalter Eucken .He is also remembered for his book "The Sources of Invention" (1958), written with two research assistants, David Sawers and Richard Stillerman. It is based on 50 case studies of 19th century and 20th century technological innovations and is considered a pioneering study in the economics of innovation.
He was president of the
Mont Pelerin Society from 1962 to 1964.External links
* [http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/international/aboutdept/jewkes/jjewkes.html Biography of John Jewkes, at University of Buckingham ]
* [http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/jewkes-john_on-government-planning.html An Unassailable Case Against Government Planning by John Jewkes]
* [http://www.economicthinking.org/technology/sourcesofinvention.html The Sources of Invention by John Jewkes (brief summary of book, by the author)]
* [http://www.wikiberal.org/wiki/John_Jewkes John Jewkes on Wikibéral]
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