CiNii Books - Recollections of eminent economists

This is the first of a series of volumes which will collect personal historical documents by economists who have been in the forefront of economic theory and policy formulation in the postwar period. The essays provide an insight into the way top-flight economists view their own and others' contributions to the subject, as well as showing real world influences on their work. Contributions include personal reminiscences and reflections on the state of modern economics and contemporary economic policy by Nobel Laureates Sir John Hicks and Jan Tinbergen, the late Lord Kaldor, former Governor of the Federal Reserve Henry Wallich, George Shackle, Josef Steindl, Richard Goodwin, Robert Triffin, Hyman Minsky, Shigeto Tsuru and Giovanni Demaria. The editor has also written "Rate of Profit, Distribution and Growth", "Theory of Growth", "Theory of Capital" and "Reconstruction of Political Economy".

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The formation of an economist, J.Hicks
recollections of an economist, N.Kaldor
a Jevonian Seditionist - a mutiny to enhance the economic bounty, S.Weintraub
a student's pilgrimage, G.L.S.Shackle
recollections of professional experience, J.Tinbergen
reflections on the present state of economics, J.Steindl
some uses of economics, H.C.Wallich
an economist's career- what, why, how? R.Triffin
a personal perspective on mathematic economics, R.Goodwin
beginnings, H.P.Minsky
a peripatetic economist, S.Tsuru
those dynamic years, 1930-31-32, G.Demaria

Volume: v. 2 ISBN 9780333449196

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This is the second of a two-volume set of essays by distinguished economists, initiated by the "Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review", in which they offer recollections and reminiscences of their research work. The authors are linked by a common theme - they have all had extensive involvement in government and business. The essays cover a wide range of subjects including the "European" nature of economics during the 1930s, the Viennese intellectual ferment of economic ideas, long-term economic development, applied economics, labour economics, particularly as applied to government and business advising, the training of economists, microeconomics and the economic analysis of government and institutions.

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Peregrinations of an economist and the choice of his route, Francois Perroux
my work on international monetary problems, Fritz Machlup
aerial roots, Paul Streeten
an emigrant from a developing country - autobiographical notes I, Nicholas Georgescu Roegen
confessions of an incurable romantic, Irma Adelman
the life of an economist, Charles P.Kindleberger
reflections on the drive to technological maturity, W.W.Rostow
the radical reflections of an applied economist, Henry Phelps Brown
on the career of a microeconomist, William J.Baumol
a fascination with economics, Karl Brunner
economics as a public good, Herbert Giersch
better than plowing, James M.Buchanan
the challenge of macroeconomic understanding, Edmond Malinvaud.

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