Inside the Economist's Mind
Conversations with Eminent Economists
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Inside the Economist's Mind
Conversations with Eminent Economists
About this book
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 becomes a startling and lively introduction to the modern world of macroeconomics. A fun read!
For more information, frequent updates, and to comment on the forthcoming book, visit William A. Barnett's weblog at http://economistmind.blogspot.com/.
Acclaim for Inside the Economist's Mind
"In candid interviews, these great economists prove to be fabulous story tellers of their lives and times. Unendingly gripping for insiders, this book should also help non-specialists understand how economists think."
Professor Julio Rotemberg, Harvard University Business School, and Editor, Review of Economics and Statistics.
"Economics used to be called the 'dismal science'. It will be impossible for anybody to hold that view anymore... This is science with flesh and blood, and a lot of fascinating stories that you will find nowhere else."
Dr. Jean-Pascal BĂŠnassy, Paris-Jourdan Sciences Ăconomiques, Paris, France
"This book provides a rare and intriguing view of the personal and professional lives of leading economists... It is like A Beautiful Mind, scaled by a factor of 16 [the number of interviews in the book]."
Professor Lee Ohanian, University of California at Los Angeles
"... if you want an insider view of how economics has been developing in the last decades, this is the (only) book for you."
Professor Giancarlo Gandolfo, University of Rome 'La Sapienza, ' Rome
"Here we see the HUMAN side of path-breaking research, the personalities and pitfalls, the DRAMA behind the science."
Professor Francis X. Diebold, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Table of contents
- About the Editors
- Coeditorâs Foreword Reflections on How Biographies of Individual Scholars Can Relate to a Scienceâs Biography
- Coeditorâs Preface An Overview of the Objectives and Contents of the Volume
- History of Thought Introduction Economists Talking with Economists, An Historianâs 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 JĂĄnos Kornai
- 5 An Interview with Franco Modigliani
- 6 An Interview with Milton Friedman
- 7 An Interview with Paul A. Samuelson
- 8 An Interview with Paul A. Volcker
- 9 An Interview with Martin Feldstein
- 10 An Interview with Christopher A. Sims
- 11 An Interview with Robert J. Shiller
- 12 An Interview with Stanley Fischer
- 13 An Interview with Jacques Drèze
- 14 An Interview with Thomas J. Sargent
- 15 An Interview with Robert Aumann
- 16 Conversations with James Tobin and Robert J. Shiller on the âYale Traditionâ in Macroeconomics