Ronald L. Meek

Ronald L. Meek
Ronald L. Meek
Born	27 July 1917; Wellington, New Zealand
Died	18 August 1978
Academic background
Education	Victoria University of Wellington (ML); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Thesis	"The concept of surplus in the history of economic thought from Mun to Mill" (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Piero Sraffa, Maurice Dobb
Academic work
School or tradition	Marxian economics
Institutions	University of Glasgow (1948–1963); University of Leicester (1963–1978);
Main interests	classical political economy, labour theory of value
Notable works	Studies in the Labour Theory of Value (1956, 1973)

Ronald Lindley Meek (27 July 1917 – 18 August 1978) was a Marxian economist and social scientist known especially for his scholarly studies of classical political economy and the labour theory of value. During the 1960s and 1970s, his writings were influential in the Western academic discussion about Marx's economic theory.

^ The concept of surplus in the history of economic thought from Mun to Mill / Ronald Lindley Meek, Cambridge University Library, archived from the original on 15 February 2025, retrieved 15 February 2025

[1] The concept of surplus in the history of economic thought from Mun to Mill / Ronald Lindley Meek, Cambridge University Library, archived from the original on 15 February 2025, retrieved 15 February 2025

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Ronald L. Meek
Born	27 July 1917 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	18 August 1978

Academic background
Education	Victoria University of Wellington (ML) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis	"The concept of surplus in the history of economic thought from Mun to Mill"^[1] (1949)
Doctoral advisor	Piero Sraffa, Maurice Dobb
Academic work
School or tradition	Marxian economics
Institutions	University of Glasgow (1948–1963) University of Leicester (1963–1978)
Main interests	classical political economy, labour theory of value
Notable works	Studies in the Labour Theory of Value (1956, 1973)