James Meade
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James Meade was a British economist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his influential work on international trade and economic policy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Meade canonical | 4 |
| James Edward Meade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Meade Context triple: [Malvern College, hasAlumnus, James Meade]
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A.
James Meade
James Meade was an American military officer after whom Meade County in Kentucky was named, recognized for his service in the early 19th century.
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B.
John R. Hicks
John R. Hicks was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his influential contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of general equilibrium analysis.
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C.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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D.
A. W. Phillips
A. W. Phillips was a New Zealand-born economist best known for formulating the relationship between unemployment and wage/price inflation that became known as the Phillips curve.
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E.
John Maynard
John Maynard is a film producer known for his work on Australian cinema, including the acclaimed drama "Romulus, My Father."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Meade Target entity description: James Meade was a British economist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his influential work on international trade and economic policy.
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A.
James Meade
James Meade was an American military officer after whom Meade County in Kentucky was named, recognized for his service in the early 19th century.
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B.
John R. Hicks
John R. Hicks was a British economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his influential contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of general equilibrium analysis.
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C.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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D.
A. W. Phillips
A. W. Phillips was a New Zealand-born economist best known for formulating the relationship between unemployment and wage/price inflation that became known as the Phillips curve.
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E.
John Maynard
John Maynard is a film producer known for his work on Australian cinema, including the acclaimed drama "Romulus, My Father."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Companion of Honour
ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ Nobel Prize in Economics ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
The Order of the Companions of Honour
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
|
| dateOfBirth | 1907-06-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-12-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hertford College, Oxford
ⓘ
Malvern College ⓘ Oriel College, Oxford ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Cabinet Office
League of Nations ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| familyName | Meade ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
ⓘ
international economics ⓘ international trade theory ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ public finance ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| fullName |
James Edward Meade
ⓘ
linked to:
James Meade
|
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern open-economy macroeconomics
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policy analysis of balance-of-payments adjustment ⓘ theory of customs unions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Maynard Keynes
ⓘ
Pigouvian welfare economics ⓘ
linked to:
Pigouvian taxes
|
| knownFor |
analysis of balance of payments
ⓘ
contributions to welfare economics ⓘ policy proposals for full employment and price stability ⓘ work on international capital movements ⓘ work on international trade ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Cambridge Circus ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeField | Economic Sciences ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Geometry of International Trade
ⓘ
The Balance of Payments ⓘ The Theory of International Economic Policy ⓘ Trade and Welfare ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dorset
ⓘ
England ⓘ Swanage ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge
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Professor of Trade ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | Bertil Ohlin ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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linked to: James Meade