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Lives Of The Laureates: Twenty-three Nobel Economists

Author: Roger W. Spencer & David A. Macpherson.

Lives Of The Laureates: Twenty-three Nobel Economists

Author: Roger W. Spencer & David A. Macpherson.

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Item #: D23184
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 2014
Publisher: MIT
ISBN: 9780262027960
Bringing a human and relatable dimension to a difficult field of expertise, this anthology collects autobiographical essays by Nobel Prize laureates in economics. Here are Eric Maskin, who illustrates his explanation of mechanism design with an example involving a mother, a cake, and two children; Paul Krugman, who describes the insights he gained from study... More
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Bringing a human and relatable dimension to a difficult field of expertise, this anthology collects autobiographical essays by Nobel Prize laureates in economics. Here are Eric Maskin, who illustrates his explanation of mechanism design with an example involving a mother, a cake, and two children; Paul Krugman, who describes the insights he gained from studying the Capitol Hill Babysitting Co-op; and Peter Diamond, who maps his development from student to teacher to policy analyst. Other contributors include Milton Friedman, Edmund Phelps, and Robert Solow.


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