Reflections on the Great Depression

This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman, Mil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Randall E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar c2002
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Summary:This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman, Milton Friedman, Albert Hart, Charles Kindleberger, Wassily Leontief, Paul Samuelson, Anna Schwartz, James Tobin, Herbert Stein and Victor Zarnowitz provides a record of their reflections on the economics of the Great Depression and on the major events which occurred during those critical years. This volume is also another chapter in the legacy of the interwar generation of economists and is intended as a token of gratitude for the contributions they have made to the economics profession. Randall Parker has given us a window into the lives of these gifted scholars and an important glimpse into the world that shaped them
1. An overview of the Great Depression -- 2. Paul Samuelson -- 3. Milton Friedman -- 4. Moses Abramovitz -- 5. Albert Hart -- 6. Charles Kindleberger -- 7. Anna Schwartz -- 8. James Tobin -- 9. Wassily Leontief -- 10. Morris Adelman -- 11. Herbert Stein -- 12. Victor Zarnowitz -- 13. Concluding remarks
Physical Description:xii, 230 p
ISBN:1840647450
9781840647457
9781843763352
9781843765509