Redvers Opie
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Redvers Opie | |
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| Born | 1900 |
| Died | 10 February 1984 Mexico |
| Nationality | British |
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| Institution | Magdalen College, University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Contributions | The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle |
Redvers Opie (1900–1984) was a British economist. On the recommendation of John Maynard Keynes, he became the United Kingdom Treasury representative in Washington, D.C., as Counsellor and economic adviser at the British Embassy, 1939–46, and was one of the five members of the UK delegation to the Bretton Woods Conference, which gave birth to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Life
Opie married a daughter of the American economist
Oxford University where he eventually became the Bursar of Magdalen College. He later went on to do a doctorate at Harvard University
, where he became a member of the teaching staff.
Among many books, Opie is perhaps most famous for his translation of The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle (part of the Harvard Economic Studies series) by
Joseph A. Schumpeter.[1]
He moved to
Rogelio Ramirez de la O
.
Selected bibliography
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Books
- Opie, Redvers (translator); ISBN 9780674879904. Translated from the 1911 original German, Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung.
- Opie, Redvers; Brown, Jr., William Adams (1953). American foreign assistance. Washington, D.C.: OCLC 171554.
Journal articles
- Opie, Redvers (July 1984). "Cambridge Marxists in Mexico". .
- Opie, Redvers (June 1931). "Marshall's time analysis". JSTOR 2223698.
References
- ISBN 9780878556984. Translated from the 1911 original German, Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung.
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