TY - BOOK AU - Szenberg,Michael TI - Eminent economists : their life philosophies SN - 9780521382120 U1 - 330.0922 PY - 1992/// CY - Cambridge [England], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economists KW - Economics N1 - 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 N2 - Famous economists talk of their beliefs, philosophy and their concepts of human nature, society and justice UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam024/91003107.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam029/91003107.html ER -