GILBERT, MILTON

GILBERT, MILTON (1909–1979), U.S. economist. Gilbert, who was born in Philadelphia, joined the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1938 as editor of the department's Survey of Current Business, later becoming director of national and statistical accounts. He also worked at the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), and from 1960 to 1975 served as economic adviser to the Bank of International Settlements in Basle. His major interests were social accounting, business fluctuations, foreign exchange, and international finance. He strongly advocated that an increase in the official price of gold was essential to bringing about the repair of the international monetary system. Gilbert's publications include International Comparison of National Products and the Purchasing Power of Currencies (1954), Problems of the International Monetary System (1966), The Gold-Dollar System (1968), Export Prices and Export Cartels (1971), and Quest for World Monetary Order (1980). (Joachim O. Ronall / Ruth Beloff (2nd ed.)