| Description |
1 online resource (455 pages) |
| Contents |
About the Editors; Coeditor's Foreword Reflections on How Biographies of Individual Scholars Can Relate to a Science's Biography; Coeditor's Preface An Overview of the Objectives and Contents of the Volume; History of Thought Introduction Economists Talking with Economists, An Historian's Perspective; The Interviews; 1 An Interview with Wassily Leontief; 2 An Interview with David Cass; 3 An Interview with Robert E. Lucas, Jr.; 4 An Interview with János Kornai; 5 An Interview with Franco Modigliani; 6 An Interview with Milton Friedman; 7 An Interview with Paul A. Samuelson |
| Summary |
By focusing on the human side as well as the intellectual dimensions of how economists work and think, this collection of interviews with top economists of the 20th century presents an introduction to the modern world of macroeconomics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Economics -- History -- 20th century.
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Economics.
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Economists -- Biography
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Economists -- Interviews
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Economics
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economics.
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Economics
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Economists
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barnett, William
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| ISBN |
9781405178716 |
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140517871X |
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