Colin G. Clark, 1905-
Oxford-trained economist whose Herculean data collection efforts remain unparalleled to
the modern day. Inspired by Arthur L. Bowley, Colin Clark
compiled the first set of modern national income accounts for the United Kingdom. He
pursued collection on a world-wide scale and published, in 1939, his famous Conditions
of Economic Growth - the first study to make quantitatively evident the gulf between
European countries and the rest of the world. His later work concentrated on issues in development economics, notably in stressing the role of
population growth - and understressing that of investment - in economic growth.
Major Works of Colin G. Clark
- The National Income, 1924-31, 1932.
- National Income and Outlay, 1937.
- "International Comparisons of National Income", 1938, WWA
- "The Determination of the Multiplier from National INcone Statistics", 1938, EJ
- A Critique of Russian Statistics, 1939.
- Conditions of Economic Progress, 1939.
- The Economics of 1960, 1942.
- "Public Finance and Changes in the Value of Money", 1945, EJ
- "World Supply and Requirements of Farm Products", 1954, J of Royal
Statistical Society
- Growthmanship, 1961.
- Economics of Subsistence Agriculture, with M.R. Haswell, 1964.
- Population Growth and Land Use, 1967.
- Starvation or Plenty?, 1970.
- Poverty Before Politics, 1977.
- "Exploding Population Myths",
1978, Land and Liberty
- The Economics of Irrigation with J. Carruthers, 1981.
- Regional and Urban Location, 1982.
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