Ruth Cohen (economist)
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Ruth Louisa Cohen was a Cambridge economist.
She served as Principal to Newnham College, Cambridge from 1954 until 1972. She studied at Newnham College as an undergraduate in the 1920s. and in 1930 received a Commonwealth Fund fellowship to go to the US. She spent two years at Stanford and Cornell. On her return she worked at Agricultural Economic Research Institute in Oxford where she remained until 1939. She then returned to Newnham College, as a lecturer and Director of Studies in Economics. Shortly after her return she was called to serve in London at the Ministry of Food and then at the Board of Trade. At the end of the war she returned again to Cambridge to teach in economics a role she held until 1972.
She was elected to be Principal of Newnham College in 1954, Chair of the Ministry of Agriculture Committee for the Provincial Agricultural Advisory Service in 1962 and was awarded a CBE in 1969.
After her retirement she worked as a Labour Councillor - chairing the Finance Committee and being active on the Development Control Sub-committee.
Within economics in addition to her own published output (see below) Phyllis Deane
argues that her major contribution may well have been her revelation of the fatal flaw (or from another perspective, awkward anomaly) in neoclassical capital theory.
Cohen, Ruth L. (1933) Milk marketing schemes and policies (1933)
Cohen, Ruth L. (with KAH Murray 1933) The effect of butter and cheese supplies on ‘surplus’ milk prices
Cohen, Ruth L. (with KAH Murray 1934 supplements 1935, 36, 37, 38) The Planning of Britain’s food imports
Cohen, Ruth L. (1936) The history of milk prices
Cohen, Ruth L. (1940) The Economics of Agriculture
Cohen, Ruth L. (1953) Survey of national measures for controlling farm prices in Western European countries
Cohen, Ruth L. (with PL Cook 1958) Effects of Mergers.
She served as Principal to Newnham College, Cambridge from 1954 until 1972. She studied at Newnham College as an undergraduate in the 1920s. and in 1930 received a Commonwealth Fund fellowship to go to the US. She spent two years at Stanford and Cornell. On her return she worked at Agricultural Economic Research Institute in Oxford where she remained until 1939. She then returned to Newnham College, as a lecturer and Director of Studies in Economics. Shortly after her return she was called to serve in London at the Ministry of Food and then at the Board of Trade. At the end of the war she returned again to Cambridge to teach in economics a role she held until 1972.
She was elected to be Principal of Newnham College in 1954, Chair of the Ministry of Agriculture Committee for the Provincial Agricultural Advisory Service in 1962 and was awarded a CBE in 1969.
After her retirement she worked as a Labour Councillor - chairing the Finance Committee and being active on the Development Control Sub-committee.
Within economics in addition to her own published output (see below) Phyllis Deane
Phyllis Deane
- Career :Deane worked at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research between 1941 and 1948. She left there to join the Colonial Office. She left there for Cambridge where she taught and researched since 1950 and has latterly been an emeritus professor of economic history.- Works :Her...
argues that her major contribution may well have been her revelation of the fatal flaw (or from another perspective, awkward anomaly) in neoclassical capital theory.
Key works
Cohen, Ruth L. (1930) Factors affecting the price and production of potatoesCohen, Ruth L. (1933) Milk marketing schemes and policies (1933)
Cohen, Ruth L. (with KAH Murray 1933) The effect of butter and cheese supplies on ‘surplus’ milk prices
Cohen, Ruth L. (with KAH Murray 1934 supplements 1935, 36, 37, 38) The Planning of Britain’s food imports
Cohen, Ruth L. (1936) The history of milk prices
Cohen, Ruth L. (1940) The Economics of Agriculture
Cohen, Ruth L. (1953) Survey of national measures for controlling farm prices in Western European countries
Cohen, Ruth L. (with PL Cook 1958) Effects of Mergers.