Sally Herbert Frankel
Sally Herbert Frankel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 November 1903 |
| Died | 12 December 1996 (aged 93) (PhD) |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Johannesburg (MA) London School of Economics |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economics Development economics Colonial economics |
| Institutions | University of the Witwatersrand University of Oxford |
| Notable works | Capital Investment in Africa (1938) Money: Two Philosophies (1977) Money and Liberty (1980) An Economist's Testimony (1992) |
Sally Herbert Frankel (1903–1996) was Professor firstly of Colonial Economic Affairs, and later the Economics of Underdeveloped Countries at Oxford University in the period following the Second World War.
Originally from South Africa, of German-Jewish descent, he moved to England shortly after the Second World War. He joined the Mont Pelerin Society in 1950. While not religiously observant, Frankel was committed to the principle of Jewish peoplehood and was a keen Zionist from the First World War onwards.
He was a member of the East Africa Royal Commission (1953–1955).
At Oxford he was associated with institutionally focused critiques of development planning, emphasizing the importance of historical context and stable political and legal frameworks for long-term growth.