Recollections of Eminent Economists

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Peregrinations of an Economist and the Choice of His Route

   • François Perroux

   Pages 1-15

3. My Work on International Monetary Problems

   • Fritz Machlup

   Pages 17-72

4. Aerial Roots

   • Paul Streeten

   Pages 73-98

5. An Emigrant from a Developing Country: Autobiographical Notes I

   • Nicholas Georgescu Roegen

   Pages 99-127

6. Confessions of an Incurable Romantic

   • Irma Adelman

   Pages 129-148

7. The Life of an Economist

   • Charles P. Kindleberger

   Pages 149-162

8. Reflections on the Drive to Technological Maturity

   • W. W. Rostow

   Pages 163-195

9. The Radical Reflections of an Applied Economist

   • Henry Phelps Brown

   Pages 197-207

10. On the Career of a Microeconomist

    • William J. Baumol

    Pages 209-234

11. A Fascination With Economics

    • Karl Brunner

    Pages 235-256

12. Economics as a Public Good

    • Herbert Giersch

    Pages 257-278

13. Better than Ploughing

    • James M. Buchanan

    Pages 279-295

14. The Challenge of Macroeconomic Understanding

    • Edmond Malinvaud

    Pages 297-316

15. Back Matter

    Pages 317-322

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This is a collection of essays by distinguished economists in which they recollect aspects of their research work. They are linked by a common theme - their involvement in government and business. The essays cover a wide range of subjects including microeconomics and development economics.

• economics
• macroeconomics
• microeconomics

• Bologna Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, USA

  J. A. Kregel

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