Austin Robinson: The Life of an Economic Adviser

by Alec Cairncross

This biography examines the life and career of Sir Austin Robinson. Now the last survivor of the Cambridge economists of the 1930s and a close associate of Keynes, he began as a seaplane pilot in World War I and spent two years in the 1920s, tutoring a maharajah in India. He was at the centre of economic policy-making during and after World War II, and in post-war years has been professor, editor, promoter of economic debate and economic adviser in many countries.

198 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross known as Alec Cairncross, was a British economist. He was the brother of the spy John Cairncross and father of journalist Frances Cairncross.

He was born in Lesmahagow and went to Hamilton Academy, then won a scholarship to Glasgow University, where he specialized in economics. He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge.