Gerald Shove

Gerald Frank Shove (* 1887 in Faversham, Kent, † 1947 Old Hunstanton, Norfolk ) was a British economist.

After attending the school of Uppingham, he studied economics at King's College, Cambridge, where he met in 1907/08 Rupert Brooke and James Strachey.

Brooke organized in 1909 whose election to the " apostles ". And even in the later years Shove was an important member of the Circle of Friends to Rupert Brooke. Among these, he was mainly known that he expressed a toast during a Carbonari meeting 1909: "The king, God damn him! "

In 1915 he married the poet Fredegond Maitland. He has published writings on economic and articles about war and peace and received a Fellowship at King 's College, Cambridge.

The most significant works

• " Varying Costs and Marginal Net Profits ", EJ, 1928.
• "The Representative Firm and Increasing Returns," EJ, 1930.
• " The Place of Marshall's Principles in the Development of Economic Theory ", EJ, 1942.
• "Mrs Robinson on Marxian Economics", EJ, 1944.