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Evan Durbin (1906–1948)

In: The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics

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  • Catherine Ellis

    (Ryerson University)

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Evan Durbin was a democratic socialist, an economist and a politician. In the 1930s, his work was central to the Labour Party’s adoption of economic planning. During and after the Second World War, Durbin championed a socialist planned economy that maximized individual liberty and rejected sectional interests. He was elected as a Labour Member of Parliament in 1945 and served as a junior minister in Clement Attlee’s government. His distinctive formulation of socialism melded economics with ethics and insights drawn from psychology and psychoanalysis, underpinned by a belief in the superiority of English values and institutions. Durbin’s ethical vision and interest in affluence, voter psychology and managerialism informed Labour’s policy debates in the 1950s and ensured the continued relevance of his ideas.

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  • Catherine Ellis, 2019. "Evan Durbin (1906–1948)," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Robert A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics, chapter 0, pages 487-514, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-58274-4_19
    DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-58274-4_19
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