Publisher's Synopsis
This is the first of a series of volumes which will collect personal historical documents by economists who have been in the forefront of economic theory and policy formulation in the postwar period.;The essays provide an insight into the way top-flight economists view their own and others' contributions to the subject, as well as showing real world influences on their work.;Contributions include personal reminiscences and reflections on the state of modern economics and contemporary economic policy by Nobel Laureates Sir John Hicks and Jan Tinbergen, the late Lord Kaldor, former Governor of the Federal Reserve Henry Wallich, George Shackle, Josef Steindl, Richard Goodwin, Robert Triffin, Hyman Minsky, Shigeto Tsuru and Giovanni Demaria.;The editor has also written "Rate of Profit, Distribution and Growth", "Theory of Growth", "Theory of Capital" and "Reconstruction of Political Economy".
