Recollections of Eminent Economists

Mitarbeit:Kregel, J. A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a collection of essays by distinguished economists in which they recollect aspects of their research work. They are linked by a common theme - their involvement in government and business. The essays cover a wide range of subjects including microeconomics and development economics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-09778-4
• 1st ed. 1989
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781349097784
• ISBN-10: 1349097780
• Artikelnr.: 44461505

Inhaltsangabe

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.