Lives of the Laureates - 3rd Edition: Thirteen Nobel Economists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262522381 ISBN 13: 9780262522380

Publisher: Mit Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Lives of the Laureates brings a fresh perspective to the science of economics. Here Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Arthur Lewis, Lawrence Klein, James Tobin, and Kenneth Arrow present their own personal and professional development in a series of essays that reveals the diversity and richness of contemporary economic thought in America.Lives of the Laureates provides a condensed and personalized history of modern economic thought, with some of the most eloquent and important contributors to that history as guides. William F. Sharpe of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, Ronald H. Coase of the University of Chicago, and Douglass C. North of Washington University are the distinguished trio of American economic laureates who have added their invaluable insights to this new edition. ContributorsFranco Modigliani, James M. Buchanan, Robert M. Solow, Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, W. Arthur Lewis, Lawrence Klein, James Tobin, George Stigler, and Kenneth Arrow in a series of autobiographical essays that describe each economist's personal and professional development.

About this title

About the Author:

William Breit was E. M. Stevens Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Trinity University, San Antonio.

Review:

"A fascinating survey of the richness of modern economic thought."--"Washington Post"

About this edition

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0262522381
• ISBN 13: 9780262522380
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 287
• Editor: Breit William, Spencer Roger W.