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Reflections of eminent economists / edited by Michael Szenberg, Lall Ramrattan ; foreword by Kenneth J. Arrow

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2004Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 459 p)ISBN:
  • 9781845423636
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9781845425777 (pbk.) | 1843766280 | 9781843766285 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781843766285 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Elektronische Reproduktion von: Reflections of eminent economists. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2004. XV, 459 SDDC classification:
  • 330/.092/2 22
RVK: RVK: QE 800LOC classification:
  • HB76
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781845423636Online resources: Summary: In this collection of autobiographical essays, 26 prominent scholars detail their profes sional development, while offering insight into their lives and philosophies. With candor and humor they relate how they came to the field of economics, as well as how their views have evolved over the yearsSummary: 1. My life philosophy / Irma Adelman -- 2. My life philosophy / Bela Balassa -- 3. Thinking about economics / Carolyn Shaw Bell -- 4. Pushing for a more humane society / Barbara R. Bergmann -- 5. Not only an economist, autobiographical reflections of a historian of economic thought / Mark Blaug -- 6. Instead of a philosophy of life / Martin Bronfenbrenner -- 7. Sex and the Ivy League / Graciela Chichilnisky -- 8. The story of a reluctant economist / Richard A. Easterlin -- 9. My life and economics / Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- 10. Education and its consequences : my philosophy of life / Victor R. Fuchs --11. A roundabout approach to macroeconomics : some autobiographical reflections / Roger W. Garrison --12. My life philosophy / Eli Ginzberg --13. Reflections of a policy economist / Edward M. Gramlich --14. My life philosophy / Everett E. Hagen --15. Political economy, politics and religion : intertwined and indissoluble passions / G.C. Harcourt --16. Some ethical and methodological convictions / E. Malinvaud -- 17. Trains of thought / Harry M. Markowitz -- 18. My life philosophy / Allan H. Meltzer --19. Following the indicators / Geoffrey H. Moore -- 20. A view from the midway / Walter Y. Oi -- 21. What makes my mind tick / Mark Perlman -- 22. To push and to be pushed / Kurt W. Rothschild -- 23. An accidental Schumpeterian / F.M. Scherer -- 24. Philosophy and my work life / Julian L. Simon -- 25. Life and philosophy / Hirofumi Uzawa -- 26. A life philosophy / Sir Alan WaltersPPN: PPN: 1023433893Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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