Professor (1982)

British Economic, Comparative Economic

On Leave: Fall 2008

Office Hours: Mon., Wed., and Fri. 10:30-11:30

Office: 204 Levering Hall

Phone: (434) 924-7856

Fax: (434) 924-7891

Email: mt4wvirginia.edu

Education

B.A. Oxford 1976
M.A. Cornell 1979
D.Phil. Oxford 1984

Publications, Awards, and Activities

Co-Editor, Capitalism in Context: Essays in Economic Development and Cultural Change in Honor of R.M. Hartwell. University of Chicago Press, 1994. With J.A. James.

Co-Editor, Income Distribution in Historical Perspective. Cambridge University Press, 1991. With Y.S. Brenner and H. Kaelble.

The Edwardian Economy: Structure, Performance and Policy. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

"Wages in interwar Britain: a sceptical inquiry," in Labour Market Evolution (G. Grantham and M. McKinnon, eds.), Routledge, 1994.

"The Macroeconomy of the Interwar Years," in Economic History of Britain, 1700-1970 (R. Floud and D. McCloskey, eds.). Cambridge University Press, 1994.

"Frontier Societies and the Diffusion of Economic Growth," in Capitalism in Context (J. James and M. Thomas, eds.)

"Institutional Rigidity in the Modern British Labour Market: A Comparative Perspective," in Britain in the International Economy, 1870-1939. (S. Broadberry and N. F. R. Crafts, eds.). Cambridge University Press, 1992.

"The Trade Deficit in Historical Perspective," in Second Thoughts: The Uses of American Economic History (D. McCloskey, ed.). Oxford University Press, 1992.

"The evolution of inequality in Australia in the nineteenth century," in Income Distribution in Historical Perspective (Y. S. Brenner, H. Kaelble and M. Thomas, eds.)

"Unemployment in Edwardian Britain: a new perspective," in Unemployment and Underemployment in Historical Perspective (E. Aerts & B. Eichengreen, eds.). International Economic History Association, 1990.

"L'Angleterre au coeur des financements internationaux," in Le Financement del' Economie Mondiale, l'experience historique (P. Artus, A. Brender, J-M. Thiveaud, eds.), special issue of Revue d'Economie Financi&eacutere, 1990.

"Manufacturing and Economic Recovery in Australia, 1932-1937," in R. Gregory and N. Butlin, eds., Recovery from the Depression: Australia and the World Economy in the 1930s, Cambridge University Press, 1989.

"Labour Market Structure and the Nature of Unemployment in Interwar Britain," in B. Eichengreen and T.J. Hatton, eds., Interwar Unemployment in Historical Perspective. Martinus Nijhoff, 1988.

"General Equilibrium Models and Research in Economic History," in A.J. Field, ed., The Future of Economic History. Kluwer-Nijhoff, 1987.

"Comparative Advantage and U.K. Manufacturing Trade, 1910-1935,"Economic Journal (1986). With N.F.R. Crafts.

Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1989.

John M. Olin Faculty Fellowship, 1987-88.

T. S. Ashton Prize, Economic History Association, 1985.

Visiting Research Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1984-85, 1993, 1995.

Alexander Gerschenkron Prize, Economic History Association, 1984.

Current Research

My primary research interest focusses on the British economy between 1850 and 1940. I am currently working on a number of topics that fall within this broad field, including the labor market between the wars, patterns of income inequality since 1850, and changing patterns of international trade. I have subsidiary interests in the U.S. and Australian economies. Indeed, my work on British unemployment and employment has led to a collaborative project, with Professor John James (Economics), on the evolution of the American labor market since 1870.