Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the rise of economic expertise
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Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the rise of economic expertise
（Historical perspectives on modern economics）
Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-454) and index
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Description
Jan Tinbergen was the first Nobel Prize winner in Economics and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. This book argues that his crucial contribution is the theory of economic policy and the legitimation of economic expertise in service of the state. It traces his youthful socialist ideals which found political direction in the Plan-socialist movement of the 1930s for which he developed new economic models to combat the Great Depression. After World War II he was able to synthesize that work into a theory of economic policy which not only provided a lasting framework for economic policy around the world, but also secured a permanent place for economic experts close to government. The book then turns to an examination of his attempt to repeat this achievement in the development projects in the Global South and at the international level for the United Nations.
Table of Contents
- Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the rise of economic expertise
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Becoming an Economic Expert: 1. The construction of peace
- 2. A progressive education
- 3. The bourgeois socialist
- 4. From Ehrenfest to the econometric society
- 5. Hendrick de Man and Jan Tinbergen
- 6. Macro-dynamics and the problem of unemployment
- 7. The rise of the Volkspartei (People's Party) and the economics of the general interest
- Part II. The Years of High Expertise: 8. From The Hague to Geneva: the world order of the League of Nations
- 9. Fascism at home
- 10. Tinbergen's theory of economic policymaking
- 11. The expert in the model, the economist outside the model
- Part III. Global Expertise: 12. Opening up Vista's: India and the world
- 13. Development economics on paper
- 14. Development planning on the ground: Tinbergen in Turkey
- 15. Sometime the twain shall meet: the optimal order
- 16. Expertise far from home
- Part IV. The Limits of Expertise: 17. Measuring the unmeasurable: welfare and justice
- 18. Governing the ungovernable: can we govern the planet
- 19. Making peace, finding peace.
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