"University of Canterbury Library. This volume is one of some two thousand on Economics and related subjects presented by John Bell Condliffe a distinguished graduate of this University (M.A. 1915; D.Sc. 1927) and Professor of Economics 1920-1926. His career included periods of service to international bodies such as the Secretariat of the League of Nations (1931-1937), and periods occupying chairs in the University of Michigan (1930-1931), London (1937-1939), Yale (1943-1944), and California at Berkeley (1939-1958). His service as advisor and consultant on economic affairs to governments and organizations included terms with the National Council of Applied Economic Research in New Delhi (1959-1960) and with the Stanford Research Institute (1961-1969)"
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