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Sir William James Ashley

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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"SIR WILLIAM JAMES ASHLEY (1860-), English economist ( see 2.733*), served during the World War on a number of Government committees, especially with regard to food prices and the cost of living. He was a member of the Consumers' Council appointed in 1918 to assist the Ministry of Food. In 1913 he had been president of the Economic History section of the International Historical Congress, and in 1914 he was one of the authors of the report on Industrial Unrest published by the Unionist Social Reform Committee. In 1912 he published The Rise in Prices and Gold and Prices, and in 1914 The Economic Organisation of England. He was knighted in 1917.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sir William James Ashley'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/sir-william-james-ashley.html. 1910.
 
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