Marcel van Meerhaeghe

Marcel Alfons Gilbert van Meerhaeghe (Wetteren, April 12, 1921 – Ghent, March 22, 2014) was a Belgian economist, professor, publicist and columnist.

Marcel van Meerhaeghe
Born(1921-04-12)April 12, 1921
Wetteren, Belgium
DiedMarch 22, 2014(2014-03-22) (aged 92)
Ghent, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Alma materÉcole Royale Militaire, University of Ghent
Spouse(s)
Cecile-Maria Buysse
(
m. 1939⁠–⁠1998)
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics, International economics, Monetary economics, Political economics, European economy, Behavioral economics
InstitutionsKoloniale Hogeschool, NATO Defence College, University of Ghent, Official University of Belgian Kongo and Ruanda-Urundi, Wolfson College, Tilburg University, London School of Economics, University of Turin, Sapienza University of Rome
ThesisAviation in the traffic economy: the Belgian case in particular (1946)
Doctoral advisorProfessor dr. André de Ridder
Doctoral studentsMarc De Clercq[1]
Other notable studentsLuc Versele, Freddy Willockx,[2] Frank Smets, Luc Coene, Jan Smets
InfluencesFritz Machlup, Gottfried von Haberler, Michał Kalecki

Marcel van Meerhaeghe was Professor of International Economic Relations at the State University of Ghent.

In his long and distinguished career, Professor van Meerhaeghe gave important contributions to economics and also to the interpretation of economic events. His rare ability to combine theoretical and practical analyses made particularly valuable his scientific works.[3]

Life and career

1939–1987

Initially Marcel van Meerhaeghe thought about a military career. In 1939 he passed the entrance exams for the École Royale Militaire (ERM). After the campaign of 1940 followed about seven months as a prisoner of war in a German camp (an intervention of King Leopold III resulted in the release of the ERM-students).

At Ghent University (Belgium) van Meerhaeghe obtained a master's degree in Economic Sciences in 1944 (first diet: July) and a Masters in Political Science and Sociology, also in 1944 (second diet: September). As regards the economics studies he attended the lectures given by Professor Raoul Miry who was the counterpart of Professor Gaston Eyskens of the University of Leuven.[4]

In 1946 he obtained his PhD: Aviation in the traffic economy : the Belgian case in particular.

In 1947 he became part-time lecturer political economy at the Koloniale Hogeschool (Antwerp) and in 1955 part-time lecturer colonial economy at the University of Ghent.

Before becoming Professor of economics and international economics at the University of Ghent in 1957,[5] he worked as economic advisor in the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs,[6] as 'faculty advisor' of the NATO Defence College in Paris (1953–54) and as an advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade.[7]

His interest covered all types of international academic cooperation and face-to-face interaction, which is why in September 1959 he was appointed visiting professor at the Official University of Belgian Kongo and Ruanda-Urundi in Elisabethville for the courses Histoire des doctrines sociales et économiques and Histoire des doctrines économiques.[8] He obtained a visiting professorship at the universities of Amsterdam in 1962 and Constantine (Algeria) in 1975, as well as becoming a visiting fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge in 1973.

Between 1961 and 1969 he was Vice-President and (since 1964) President of the Prices Commission, an advisory body to the Minister for Economic Affairs[9] (replaced in 1969 by the Commission pour la régulation des prix : Royal Decree June 3, 1969).

Between 1962 and 1969 he was co-opted as a member of the Conseil Central de l'Économie, the umbrella institution of the Belgian federal social and economic dialogue.[10]

Since 1971 he was also a member of the board of the Belgian-Luxemburg Exchange Control (Institut Belgo-Luxembourgeois du Change),[11] chaired by the Governor of the Belgian National Bank,[12] until November 2002 when this institution was dissolved (Euro).

Between 1972 and 1980 he was a member of the conseil général of the Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite.

At its editors' request, van Meerhaeghe started a column in the Flemish business magazine Trends in 1975.[13] He also featured as a regular columnist in the newspaper The Standaard between 1988 and 1996.

Luc Versele, since 2017 chairman of the Belgian bank Crelan, was an assistant of Professor van Meerhaeghe at Ghent University.[14]

M. van Meerhaeghe was always steadfast in taking a strictly independent line of argument. By all means he was an individualist – one might say a 'loner' – concurring with the suggestion of A. Einstein that the ideal occupation for the theoretical scientist is that of a lighthouse keeper. Unfortunately, sometimes he was misunderstood by persons driven by ignorance, superficiality and envy towards the well-heeled.[15] An example of a rule of best practice that leads to controversy when publicly stated: «A firm that puts the ethical considerations of other stakeholders such as employees first and business second could undermine the overall welfare of the firm and its shareholders/owners and even its employees» (van Meerhaeghe quoted by Professor Tom Turner and Dr. Lorraine Ryan).[16]

A significant part of van Meerhaeghe's work belongs to what is commonly labelled as the American theory of public choice.[17] He advocated great concern for a sound use of government means (struggle against profligacy) and was favourable towards Taxpayers Associations (USA, Sweden, Federal Republic of Germany) that facilitate the contacts between the authorities and the public opinion.[18]

Emeritus

After his Belgian retirement on October 1, 1986[19] van Meerhaeghe was successively visiting professor in international economics and European integration at the Centre of International Studies of the Tilburg University (1987),[20] at the London School of Economics, London University (academic year 1987-88 – the Belgian Chair), at the university of Torino (1989-92: Professor Count di Robilant of the Faculty of Law; 1997-98: Faculty of Economics) and during the academic years 1993–95 at the university of Rome (La Sapienza).

In 1987-1988 he was 'Special Adviser to the Commission of the European Communities', more particularly to Mr Willy De Clercq, former Belgian Vice Prime Minister and a member of the Commission (1985–1989: Commissioner for External Relations, responsible for international relations and foreign trade).[21]

M. van Meerhaeghe was member of the academic advisory council of the Brussels think-tank Institut Européen (Institutum Europaeum : 1979-2002)[22] and the conservative think-tank Centre for the New Europe (1993-2009). At the last one he published The Information Policy of the European Commission (Vol. 4, Zellik April 1995).[23][24] Since 1988 he was a Life Member of the Mont Pèlerin Society.[25]

Between 1986 and 2009 he chaired the Board of Directors of Centrale Kredietverlening (CKV),[26] a small savings bank.[27]

M. van Meerhaeghe was one of the 165 German-speaking Professors of Economics who signed the Declaration « The Euro starts too early » (date: February 1998).[28]

Legacy

M. van Meerhaeghe is the author of 22 books (editor of 4 collective works) and about 160 articles.

Theory must reflect reality

Already early in his career (in an article of 1947[29]) he took a position: he opposed the numerous publications that have no relation whatsoever with reality («struggle for life») and especially deplored the mania for addressing everything with mathematics. He was in favor of operational economics, helpful to practitioners (nützlich).[30] Later he elaborated his criticism in Economic Theory. A Critic's Companion (Martinus Nijhoff 1980), probably his most important work. It caused quite a stir because of its unconventional approach. (K. Nakaura published a Japanese translation.) Guy Routh wrote a favourable review in The Economic Journal (Vol. 91, No. 362, June 1981, p. 591): "Professor van Meerhaeghe's book is a masterpiece of condensation:[31] a review of economic theory from Plato to Friedman, with the faults exposed, in 109 pages of text. Six chapters deal with the main divisions of the subject (consumer behaviour, producer behaviour, price, income distribution, general level of income and prices, growth, and international trade), one with its practicability, one with its significance, and an appendix added that surveys thirteen types of theory. The preface modestly disclaims any intention of instructing fellow economists. The book is intended as a complement to an introductory course in economics. It is reminiscent of a surveyors report of a tumble-down house. It is unfit for human habitation, one would be mad to buy it, but one does, patches it up together as best one can, and inhabits it contentedly, gradually becoming inured to its defects. It is chastening to learn, from van Meerhaeghe's review, how deftly and how long ago the weaknesses of the economic edifice have been revealed. Mayer (1932),[32] Miry (1937), Triffin (1940) and many others produced cogent criticisms that, had they been heeded, would have helped to convert economics into an operational science. Instead, their names and doctrines have been forgotten, and we may be grateful to van Meerhaeghe for reminding us of them." G. Routh's conclusion is brief and to the point : "This guarantees van Meerhaeghe's slim volume a long life. I fear that in ten years time its criticisms will be as valid and as relevant as they are today". He proved to be something of an optimist: they remain as valid today as they did in 1981.[33]

Books

As the most significant pieces of work we mention:

  • Theorie van de Economische Politiek (Stenfert Kroese, Leiden 1962), a sound textbook on economic policy featuring contributions from Dutch and Belgian experts: among others J.E. Andriessen (ed.), J. Tinbergen, Pieter Hennipman, A. Devreker, C.J. Oort, P. de Wolff and H.W. Lambers. The contribution of M. van Meerhaeghe (ed.) was the chapter on international economic policy. Professor P. Hennipman, arguably the finest Dutch economic theorist ever, dedicated his Welvaartstheorie en economische politiek (Samsom, Alphen a/d Rijn 1977) to M. van Meerhaeghe (p. 5).[34]
  • Marktvormen, marktgedrag en Marktresultaten in België (Story, Ghent 1963) : market structure, behaviour and performance.[35]
  • International Economic Institutions (Longmans, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 7 editions between 1966[36][37] and 1998). A review about the fourth edition: «...those readers who are looking for factual information in the field of international European and other regional organizations now have at their disposal a new and very useful survey of this world of abbreviations and what is behind it.»[38] In the conclusion of the last edition van Meerhaeghe deals with such subjects as proliferation (cf. the CoCom and his successor) and the need for rationalisation[39] and escape clauses. 7th edition: Kluwer Academic Publishers ISBN 0-7923-8072-X; Springer ISBN 978-0-7923-8072-6.
  • Economics: Britain and the EEC (Longmans, London 1969): the papers contained in this study (by a.o. Harry Johnson, John Pinder[40] and Prof. Dennis Swann[41]), first presented at a symposium on British economic policy and the E.E.C. held at the University of Ghent in February 1969, consider the main economic issues raised by Britain's application to join the European Economic Community. A very useful little volume according to the review in The Economic Journal.[42]
  • Price Theory and Price Policy (Longmans, London 1969): a selection of articles taking into account the experience of M. van Meerhaeghe as president of the Prices Commission.[43]
  • Economics, A critical approach (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 1971).[44][45][46][47]
  • International Economics (Longman Group Limited/Prentice Hall Press, London, Crane Russak, New York 1972).[48] A very useful introductory text. Throughout, its orientation is strongly towards applied economic problems, but its theoretical sections are closely argued and very well keyed into the literature. Thus it schould prove a useful introduction for most students, while leading those more interested in the subject quickly on to the more specialist literature.[49] Particularly the chapter The operation of the international monetary system (pp. 216–237).
  • The Envy Society (De afgunstmaatschappij): bundle of a number of columns on economic and social affairs (Stenfert Kroese, Leiden 1977).[50]
  • Economic Theory. A Critic's Companion (H.E. Stenfert Kroese, Antwerp/Martinus Nijhoff, Boston, Lancaster 1980, 2nd ed. 1986). 2nd edition: Springer ISBN 978-9-4017-1367-2.
  • Museum of grootmacht. De identiteitscrisis van Europa (Lannoo, Tielt 1985). A reflection of the lectures during which he suggested students to read A.I. Solzhenitsyn.
  • Belgium and EC Membership Evaluated (Pinter Publishers, London, St. Martin's Press, New York 1992) : contributions by 14 authors, a.o. Filip Abraham, Roger Blanpain, Marc Quintyn, Alfred Cahen, Philippe de Schoutheete, Jean-Pierre De Bandt and Jef Vuchelen (cf. note 21).

Lectures

1959–2002

Teaching international economics results in delivering lectures at a variety of universities and international conferences: Warsaw (1961), Geneva (Conference on science and technology in promoting the development of developing countries[51]), Pretoria (1964; Cultural Treaty between South-Africa, the Netherlands and Belgium[52]), Bratislava, Reggio Calabria, Hull, Prague (1969 and 1989), Iasi (1971), Alvor,[53] Vienna (U.N.I.D.O.[54]), Berlin, Uppsala, New York, Cracow (1977), Sofia, Naples, Florence, Moscow (1992), Jena, Orel, Valencia, Haigerloch,[55] Göteborg, Porto, Lisbon, Venice (2001), etc. Some lectures were later published as an essay in their own right, e.g.:

  • Die Entwicklung der Wirtschaft im Kongo. Folgerungen für die Theorie des Wirtschaftswachstums (Nürnberger Vorträge - Gegenwartsfragen aus Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Band 2; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1965).
  • Aktuelle Probleme der belgischen Wirtschaftspolitik (Kieler Vorträge, Heft 43, Institut für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität, Kiel 1966).
  • Regional Policy of the European Communities, in Institutional aspects of regionalism in a Pan-European context, Second Belgian-Russian Scientific Seminar, July 1–9, 1996 Yekaterinburg, ed. by Prof. Katlijn Malfliet and Veniamin V. Alekseev, pp. 32–36.

Heilbronn Symposium

In order to understand economic problems, at all times the contemporary political, social, psychological and cultural factors have to be taken into account (the role of context: are the assumptions vindicated or wrongheaded ?). Relentlessly van Meerhaeghe insisted upon the necessity of knowledge of the historic backgrounds. Indeed, as history was his favoured subject area, since 1999 he was very active for the Annual Heilbronn Symposium in Economics and the Social Sciences[56] because it goes back to the old masters, i.e. the German classicists of the 19th (and even 18th) century. The German universities attracted many foreign students with a knowledge of German. Nowadays, some of these 'scholars' tend to invent theories which had already been formulated in Germany during the 19th century. Hence the observation, made in Economic Theory (see above) that «far too often in economics, conclusions that were already formulated long ago are drawn triumphantly» (p. 4). We mention :

  • The lost chapter of Schumpeter’s ‘Economic Development’ in Joseph Aloïs Schumpeter. Entrepreneurship, style and vision, ed. J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Kluwer, Boston, Dordrecht, London 2003, pp. 233–244. M. van Meerhaeghe considers Schumpeter as ‘superior’ to Keynes because of his better knowledge of the economic science and his unsurpassed ‘History of economic analysis’.
  • Nietzsche and economics and Nietzsche and business ethics, in Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900. Economy and Society, ed. J. Backhaus and W. Drechsler, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Kluwer 2003 (later Springer, New York, Heidelberg 2006), pp. 39–54 and 139–144. Contrary to certain scholars van Meerhaeghe doesn't regard Nietzsche's views on economics as particularly sensational, even though there are certain aspects of his philosophy which could provide a better tool for economic analysis in some fields.
  • Bismarck and the social question, Journal of Economic Studies, Sept. 2006, Vol. 33, Iss. 4, pp. 284–301.[57] Discussing the political consequences of social welfare legislation, and in particular its effects on the Social Question. Otto von Bismarck (at some time ambassador for Prussia in Saint-Petersburg) did not expect that the Social Question could be solved within a generation or two (p. 285). Although von Bismarck's position passed through many important alterations, one aim remains unchanged: guarantee the stability and social peace of the state.[58][59]
  • The international aspects of Justi’s work, in The beginnings of Political Economy. Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi, ed. J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Springer, New York 2009, pp. 99–110. Justi might have been expected to adopt a protectionist and nationalist stance, but instead he comes across as an 'anti-Machiavelli' in his foreign-policy nostrums and a liberal in his views on foreign trade and population policy.
  • Is Montaigne a Utopian ?, in The State as Utopia – Continental Approaches, ed J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Springer, 2011, pp. 67–76. Van Meerhaeghe refutes the idea that Montaigne would have been a 'famous utopian': no, he was the founder of modern scepticism.
  • Mature Cameralism According to Pfeiffer, in Physiocracy, Antiphysiocracy and Pfeiffer, ed J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Springer, 2011, pp. 135–147. Unfortunately there is a good deal of terminological confusion on display. Cameralism is the German version of mercantilism; trade requires freedom. Adam Smith's criticism of mercantilism is wrong.
  • The Austrian and German "Economist" in the interwar period: international aspects, in The beginnings of Scholarly Economic Journalism, ed. J. Backhaus, The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Springer, 2011, pp. 65–71. Keynes' The economic consequences of the peace and the allies' post-war policy explain why every German wanted to undo Versailles.
  • Globalisation: concept, outcome, future – a continental view, European Journal of Law and Economics, April 2012, Vol. 33, Iss. 2 (Essays in honour of Dr. Reginald Hansen, 1919-2016), pp. 239–306. Van Meerhaeghe examines the dominant political, social and economic trends of our time: multiculturalism and immigration versus patriotism and regionalism, capitalism versus state governance, America versus the rest of the world. He concludes a.o. that (a) Russia is a normal trade partner and a natural ally for Europe, and (b) nothing seems to stop the further triumphal procession of - undemocratic - globalisation.[60]

Selected articles

Van Meerhaeghe was also a prolific author of acticles. A selection:

  • Observaciones sobre las opiniones de los nuevos paises acerca de su expanción económica, Revista de Administracion Publica (Buenos Aires), año V, n° 19, octubre-diciembre 1965, pp. 96–112.
  • Culture and Economics, Economia delle Scelte Pubbliche (Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice),[61] Vol. IV, 1986-3, pp. 157–163. About cultural policy and its instrument, the subsidy. Demand for culture is clearly inelastic.
  • The awkward difference between philosophy and reality, European Affairs, 1989, Iss. 1, pp. 18–23.
  • Econometrics: an appraisal, Journal of Economic Studies, Aug. 2000, Vol. 27, Iss. 4/5, pp. 316–325. [...] it is not the facts that must be made to fit the theory but vice versa.
  • Capitalism and the 2008 crisis, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol. XXVI, 2008-2/3, pp. 155–181. This paper considers the factors that lead to the crisis from a specific perspective – essentially the absence of adequate regulation – and is informed by earlier research and by van Meerhaeghe's experience in banking and certain government institutions. Is capitalism the appropriate term when the entire financial system has to be saved by the public sector? Under capitalism, the investor must accept responsibility for the losses he incurs. But the banks received no advice from the universities, even though they were urgently pressed for such assistance. The EU countries have come to realize that the free movement of capital has come too early. With the Brexit looming, Van Meerhaeghe arguments for the Sterling to join the eurozone as soon as possible.

Opinions

In 1972, at the anniversary conference meeting of the Verein für Socialpolitik Professor van Meerhaeghe noted:

"Die Bücherbesprechungen in amerikanischen und französischen Zeitschriften sind sehr unterschiedlich. In französischen Bücherbesprechungen gibt man im allgemeinen ein Resümee über das Buch. Man spendet viel Lob, und man hofft, daß der Kollege dasselbe tun wird, wenn man einmal ebenfalls ein Buch schreibt. In amerikanischen und auch englischen Zeitungen ist das Gegenteil der Fall. Dort ist man ziemlich hart. Man kann dasselbe sagen von Diskussionen und Korreferaten. Es wäre viel leichter gewesen, hier etwas Generelles zu sagen und darzulegen: « Ja, ich bin einverstanden met a, b und c. » Aber für eine Diskussion ist es, glaube ich – ich sage nicht, daß ich recht habe – besser, anzugreifen, ein wenig Kritik zu üben."[62]

gollark: I mean, as much as you may dislike programming languages being in bootloaders etc., someone will inevitably want scripting for some stupid reason and it's best to at least have a sensible, principled, usable programming language instead of an awful adhoc one.
gollark: Not even FÖRTH?
gollark: You can even sandbox it quite easily.
gollark: Lua *is* reasonable to have in all locations.
gollark: It also doesn't actually have string operations.

References
  1. M. De Clercq, Een economische theorie van het antivervuilingsbeleid, met een toepassing op België (University of Ghent 1980).
  2. F. Willockx, Hier klopt mijn hart (Meulenhoff/Manteau, Antwerp 2010). Martijn Vandenbroucke, Inventaris van het archief van Europarlementslid Freddy Willockx (1995-1999) (Amsab-Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Gent 2005), p. 4.
  3. Obituary by Professor Domenico da Empoli (La Sapienza University, Rome) in Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice (from 1983 until 1997: Economia delle Scelte Pubbliche), Vol. XXX, 2012-1/3, p. 123 (published in 2014).
  4. Bulletin d'Information et de Documentation, Banque Nationale de Belgique, Vol. II, N° 1, July 1937, editorial by Louis Franck (Governor), pp. 1–6.
  5. Sartonia (George Sarton Chair of the History of Sciences), Volume 19 (Academia Press, Ghent 2006), pp. 191–193.
  6. In 1945 he had started using data about the local economic policy in the town of Mechelen.
  7. D. Hesbois et al., Inventaire des archives de Jean-Charles, baron Snoy et d'Oppuers (1848-1961), State Archives in Belgium, BE-A0510 (Brussels 1988), pp. 96 and 183 (correspondence of 1956).
  8. Rijksuniversiteit te Gent, Liber Memorialis 1913-1960, Deel III (ed. by prof. Theo Luykx) pp. 216–218.
  9. M. van Meerhaeghe, The Belgian Prices Commission, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Hambourg, IC, Bd. 99, n° 2, 4. Trimester 1967, pp. 257–273.
  10. Le conseil central de l'économie: Fonctionnement réel et activité, comparaison avec le projet de loi organisant la fusion du C.C.E. et du conseil national du travail (III), Courrier Hebdomadaire du Centre de Recherche et d'Informations Socio-Politiques, juin 1964/20 (n° 245-246), p. 33.
  11. M.A.G. van Meerhaeghe, The Belgium-Luxemburg Economic Union, Tilburg, SUERF Series 54 A, 1987. (A series of papers about monetary politics and financial systems of the Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières, founded near Paris in 1963.)
  12. Chambre des Représentants, Session 1974-1975, 19 novembre 1974, 277 N° 6, Projet de Loi relatif aux propositions budgétaires 1974-1975, Rapport fait au nom de la Commission du Budget par M. d'Alcantara, Chapitre I : Contrôle des changes, p. 4.
  13. There, since 1978, he worked with Johan Van Overtveldt who later became the chief editor: J. Van Overtveldt, The Chicago School (Agate, Chicago 2007).
  14. Luc Versele - de flandrien van het bankwezen, DURF DENKEN - Communitymagazine van de UGENT, January 2016, pp. 24–27.
  15. Peter Heyrman, Inventaris van het archief André Vlerick (1919-1990), p. 187 (Kadoc, Leuven 2002).
  16. T. Turner and L. Ryan, Corporate social responsibility and independent employee representation: A Case of ethical confusion and contradictions, in Proceedings of the 11th Multidisciplinary Academic Conference (MAC Prague consulting s.r.o., Prague 2017), pp. 78–86.
  17. Russell S. Sobel and Jennis J. Taylor, The Last 30 Years of Public Choice: An Analysis of Author and Institution Rankings, Public Choice, September 2004, Volume 120, Iss. 3-4, pp. 331–352.
  18. M.A.G. van Meerhaeghe, Een bond van belastingbetalers? (Trends, March 1, 1979, pp. 57–58), quoted in Fr. Loeckx and R. Van Dionant, Eléments de la Science des Impôts, Part 2 (Ministry of Finance, Brussels 1982), p. 393.
  19. 25 jaar Faculteit Economische Wetenschappen RUG 1968-1993, eds. L. De Smet and J. Denduyver (Fac. Ec. en Toegepaste Ec. Wet., Ghent October 1993), pp. 6 and 32.
  20. Economologues - Liber Amicorum voor Theo van de Klundert, ed. by A.B.T. van Schaik (Tilburg University, Department of Economics, 2001), pp. 24–25.
  21. At that time van Meerhaeghe was also a member of 'Europe-12 – Research and Action Committee on the EC', created in 1986. This committee published the series European Community Membership Evaluated.
  22. Joseph Schumpeter, Methodological Individualism, Michiel van Notten's translation of chapter VI of Schumpeter's (1908) Wesen und Hauptinhalt der theoretischen Nationalökonomie (Institutum Europaeum, Brussels 1980), p. i.
  23. Do Ideas Matter? Essays in Honour of Gerard Radnitzky, ed. by Hardy Bouillon (CNE, Brussels July 2001), p. 160.
  24. Dr. Chris R. Tame, The Euro-Sceptical Directory (The Hampden Press, London 2002), p. 154.
  25. Jacques Van Offelen, Mont Pèlerin Society – Inventory of the General Meeting Files 1947–1998 (Liberaal Archief vzw, Gent 2004), p. 70.
  26. Commissie voor het Bank- en Financiewezen - Prudentieel Toezicht, Ciculaire D1 357 aan de revisoren (depositobeschermingsregeling), March 2, 1995, p. 3.
  27. Annual report 2006 (Waregem 2007).
  28. Financial Times, February 9, 1998 (http://www.glasnost.de/db/DokZeit/9802euro.html).
  29. M. van Meerhaeghe, Overzicht van de economische toestand van Belgisch-Kongo, in Kongo-Overzee, XII-XIII, 1946-1947, nr. 5, pp. 287–313.
  30. Fernand Goyens, Marktgericht: Professor M.A.G. van Meerhaeghe, ekonomie, RUG, Knack Magazine (16de jaargang), September 1, 1986 (Special edition), pp. 24–26.
  31. Selectivity was indeed a characteristic of van Meerhaeghe: see e.g. the review of the textbook Economics of R.G. Lipsey and P.O. Steiner by H.J. Klok in De Economist, Vol. 115, Iss. 2, March 1967, pp. 256–259.
  32. Hans Mayer (1879-1955) : Die Wirtschaftstheorie der Gegenwart (1927-32), Der Erkenntniswert der funktionellen Preistheorien (1932).
  33. E.g. Joaquim Ramos Silva, Central tenets of economics as a moral science, in Prof. António Romão, Manuel Ennes Ferreira (Eds.), Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Adelino Torres (Almedina Brasil, São Paulo 2010), p. 400.
  34. English translation : Welfare Economics and the Theory of Economic Policy (Edward Elgar Publishing, Aldershot 1995).
  35. For an extensive review: Prof. Emile M. Vanlommel, Industrial Economics (RUCA, Antwerp 1986), passim.
  36. See the review by John Pincus in The American Economic Review, Vol. 57, No. 5 (December 1967), pp. 1391–1392.
  37. A review about the third edition by John Keith Horsefield: The Economic Journal, Vol. 91, Iss. 363 (September 1981), p. 807.
  38. De Economist, Vol. 133, Iss. 4, December 1985.
  39. Sarah J.M. Miskin, The OECD : ideas, institutions, and social justice (ANU, Canberra 2004), passim.
  40. Director of Political and Economic Planning (later Policy Studies Institute).
  41. Loughborough University of Technology (LUT). His paper relies strongly on the work of Professor Frank W. Paish.
  42. Vol. 80, No. 317 (March 1970), p. 219.
  43. The Economic Journal, Vol. 80, Iss. 318 (June 1970), p. 487.
  44. Economics: A Critical Approach by M.A.G van Meerhaeghe, review by Prof. Colin Desmond Harbury, Economica, Vol. 39, No. 155, August 1972, pp. 327–328.
  45. Economics: a Critical Approach. By M.A.G. van MEERHAEGHE, review by Prof. Jack R.S. Revell, The Economic Journal, Vol. 82, No. 327 (September 1972), pp. 1068–1070.
  46. Review by J. Peter Neary, Economic and Social Review, 1972, Vol. 3, Iss. 2, pp. 316-317.
  47. For a review of the first Dutch edition by Prof. dr. J. Tinbergen: De Economist, Vol. 107, Iss. 1, December 1959, pp. 226–228.
  48. Described as 'brilliant' by the English Professor John Vaizey.
  49. Review by the American economic historian Donald E. Moggridge : The Economic Journal, Vol. 83, Iss. 330 (June 1973), p. 658.
  50. Prof. Frank van Dun, Dead End Street Blues, Lecture in Ghent on January 12, 2009 (University of Ghent), p. 2.
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