James Meade
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Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1977) |
James Meade (23 June 1907–25 December 1997) was a British economist. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of the Keynesian multiplier while participating in the Cambridge circus. In the 1930s, he served as specialist adviser on behalf of the British government at the Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations.: 477
He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977 together with the Swedish economist Bertil Ohlin "for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements".