Home and Foreign Investment 1870 1913 Studies in Capital Accumulation

by Alec Cairncross

251 pages, Hardcover

First published March 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.