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This book presents the ideas of some of the most outstanding economists of the past half century.
List of contents
Foreword Robert Solow; Introduction; 1. Being there: an intellectual journey Alan S. Blinder; 2. Social norms in economics and in the economics profession Clair Brown; 3. Personal reflections on my professional life John Y. Campbell; 4. Gray eminence? Vincent P. Crawford; 5. Biochemist to economist Paul Davidson; 6. Puzzles and paradoxes: a life in applied economics Angus Deaton; 7. Succeeding in economics Harold Demsetz; 8. My research strategy Peter Diamond; 9. My philosophy of economics, life, and everything (not!) Avinash Dixit; 10. Finding a niche Barry Eichengreen; 11. Become an economist - see the world Jeffrey Frankel; 12. Practitioner of the dismal science? Who, me? Couldn't be!! Richard B. Freeman; 13. One job, four careers Benjamin M. Friedman; 14. My life and research strategy John Hull; 15. How I ended up being a multifaceted economist and the mentors I have had Michael D. Intriligator; 16. Searching for my personal philosophy Peter B. Kenen; 17. Learning about the evolving international economy Anne O. Krueger; 18. Confessions of a Wellesley FEM Helen F. Ladd; 19. God, ants, and Thomas Bayes Harry M. Markowitz; 20. The path of a monetary economist Frederic S. Mishkin; 21. Learning from the field Elinor Ostrom; 22. Order in and through disorder: the invisible hand as a turbulent regulator? Anwar Shaikh; 23. The education of an economist Jeremy J. Siegel; 24. Faith, science, and religion Vernon L. Smith; 25. My studies in international economics Robert M. Stern; 26. Sailing into the wind Myra H. Strober; 27. My life and work philosophy Hal R. Varian; 28. Scaling fortress economics Michelle J. White; 29. The accidental economist Marina V. N. Whitman.
