Eminent economists : their life philosophies

Contributor(s): Szenberg, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992Description: xvi, 304 p. : illISBN: 9780521382120; 0521382122 ; 0521382122 (hardback)Subject(s): Economists | EconomicsDDC classification: 330.0922 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
The passion for research / Maurice Allais -- "I know a hawk from a handsaw" / Kenneth J. Arrow -- On my attitudes : sociopolitical and methodological / William J. Baumol -- Recollections and reflections of a comparativist / Abram Bergson -- From chemistry to economics and beyond / Kenneth E. Boulding -- My quest for economic knowledge / Karl Brunner -- From the inside looking out / James M. Buchanan -- Random walk and life philosophy / Gerard Debreu -- How I tried to become an economist / Evsey D. Domar -- Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen about himself / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen -- Autobiographical notes with reflections / Frank Hahn -- My working philosophy / Charles P. Kindleberger -- My professional life philosophy / L.R. Klein -- Social science, ethics, and the role of the public sector / Richard A. Musgrave -- My apprenticeship as an economist / Austin Robinson -- Reflections on political economy : past, present, and future / W.W. Rostow -- My life philosophy : policy credos and working ways / Paul A. Samuelson -- My search for welfare / Tibor Scitovsky. Living in interdisciplinary space / Herbert A. Simon -- Notes on coping / Robert M. Solow -- Solving the most urgent problems first / Jan Tinbergen -- Scientific humanism as an ideal / Shigeto Tsuru.
Summary: Famous economists talk of their beliefs, philosophy and their concepts of human nature, society and justice.
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The passion for research / Maurice Allais --
"I know a hawk from a handsaw" / Kenneth J. Arrow --
On my attitudes : sociopolitical and methodological / William J. Baumol --
Recollections and reflections of a comparativist / Abram Bergson --
From chemistry to economics and beyond / Kenneth E. Boulding --
My quest for economic knowledge / Karl Brunner --
From the inside looking out / James M. Buchanan --
Random walk and life philosophy / Gerard Debreu --
How I tried to become an economist / Evsey D. Domar --
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen about himself / Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen --
Autobiographical notes with reflections / Frank Hahn --
My working philosophy / Charles P. Kindleberger --
My professional life philosophy / L.R. Klein --
Social science, ethics, and the role of the public sector / Richard A. Musgrave --
My apprenticeship as an economist / Austin Robinson --
Reflections on political economy : past, present, and future / W.W. Rostow --
My life philosophy : policy credos and working ways / Paul A. Samuelson --
My search for welfare / Tibor Scitovsky. Living in interdisciplinary space / Herbert A. Simon --
Notes on coping / Robert M. Solow --
Solving the most urgent problems first / Jan Tinbergen --
Scientific humanism as an ideal / Shigeto Tsuru.

Famous economists talk of their beliefs, philosophy and their concepts of human nature, society and justice.

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