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Recollections of Eminent Economists

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  • © 1989

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  1. J. A. Kregel

    1. Bologna Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA

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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.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Peregrinations of an Economist and the Choice of His Route

    • François Perroux
    Pages 1-15

  3. My Work on International Monetary Problems

    • Fritz Machlup
    Pages 17-72

  4. Aerial Roots

    • Paul Streeten
    Pages 73-98

  5. An Emigrant from a Developing Country: Autobiographical Notes I

    • Nicholas Georgescu Roegen
    Pages 99-127

  6. Confessions of an Incurable Romantic

    • Irma Adelman
    Pages 129-148

  7. The Life of an Economist

    • Charles P. Kindleberger
    Pages 149-162

  8. Reflections on the Drive to Technological Maturity

    • W. W. Rostow
    Pages 163-195

  9. The Radical Reflections of an Applied Economist

    • Henry Phelps Brown
    Pages 197-207

  10. On the Career of a Microeconomist

    • William J. Baumol
    Pages 209-234

  11. A Fascination With Economics

    • Karl Brunner
    Pages 235-256

  12. Economics as a Public Good

    • Herbert Giersch
    Pages 257-278

  13. Better than Ploughing

    • James M. Buchanan
    Pages 279-295

  14. The Challenge of Macroeconomic Understanding

    • Edmond Malinvaud
    Pages 297-316

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 317-322
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  • Bologna Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA

    J. A. Kregel

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