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Summary:

Abstract: A selection of autobiographical essays written by significant economists whose work is generally recognized to be at the forefront of the discipline as we enter the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents:

• Introducing exemplary economists
• 1. Shigeto Tsuru (b. 1912)
• 2. Jack Wiseman (1919-90)
• 3. Herbert Giersch (b. 1921)
• 4. R.D. Collison Black (b. 1922)
• 5. George B. Richardson (b. 1924)
• 6. Wilfred Beckerman (b. 1925)
• 7. Mark Blaug (b. 1927)
• 8. W. Max Corden (b. 1927)
• 9. Assar Lindbeck (b. 1930)
• 10. Samuel Brittan (b. 1933)
• 11. Walter Eltis (b. 1933)
• 12. Takashi Negishi (b. 1933)
• 13. Koichi Hamada (b. 1936)
• 14. Meghnad Desai (b. 1940)
• 15. Deepak Lal (b. 1940)
• 16. A. P. Thirlwall (b. 1941)
• Appendix.

Contributors:

Backhouse, Roger, 1951-

Middleton, Roger, 1955-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Economists — Biography

Economics — History — 20th century

1900-1999

Economics

Economists

Genres:

History

Biographies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical referenceses.
Description based on title page of print version.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 entries) : 17 images.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HB76 .E96 2000eb

ISBNs:

9781780342023 (online)
9781858989600 (print) [Invalid]
1858989604 (v. 2) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

857589775

Other Control Numbers:

elgareeeaa2000 (source: Credo)
[Unknown Type]: Credo9781780342023