Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer

How War and the Great Depression Inspired a Nobel Economist

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“A fascinating, exciting story.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful MindWhile still in his early 20s, and under Hitler's shadow, Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (1917-2008) left his home in Warsaw, Poland, seeking safety and a degree at the London School of Economics. The following years, while challenging and potentially life-threatening, contained the seeds of a lifelong intellectual adventure. Leo's story is personal (born a refugee, precarious war years for himself and his Polish-Jewish family, a new life in America), global (revolutions, wars, depressions), ideological (socialism, capitalism, economic planning, free markets) and professional (a sixty-year career as a professor of economics leading ultimately to a Nobel Prize). This book tells his story.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-18
Mått155 x 233 x 14 mm
Vikt512 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieJews of Poland
Antal sidor280
FörlagAcademic Studies Press
ISBN9798887191331

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AcknowledgementsPrologue1939, sierpień/août/AugustBorn a RefugeeNow or NeverHome Safe?Get an Education!The MiracleHurwicz Home SchoolCrisis, Coup, CatastropheAstrophysics, Chopin and JazzEconomics and EinsteinSocialist CalculationBrown Shirts and Ghetto BenchesGraduation GetawayMath, Models and MechanismsGovernment InterventionA LifelineHurwiczes on the RunAn Intellectual Warrior at the School for PeaceLeo Hurwicz: “Excess Foreign Population”Geneva to Chicago by Way of Locarno, Barcelona and LisbonChicago and MITSurprise AttackHoneyA Little Bit UnrulyThe Great Book ReviewA Slow and Difficult ProcessJust a Closer Walk with StanBlood, Fire, Smoke, Exile and Human KindnessMechanism Design: Development and RecognitionAppendix A. Leo’s MemorialAppendix B. A Celebration of Leo's 90th Birthday, Held at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Avenue South, in Minneapolis on April 14, 2007Appendix C. The Theory of Economic Behavior, by Leonid HurwiczAppendix D. The Hurwicz CriterionAppendix E. Edited transcript of 2007 interview with Leo, conducted by the authorAppendix F. A Timeline of the Life of Leo HurwiczAppendix G. What Is Mechanism Design?

“Some of the most interesting chapters in the book are those that offer a wealth of family and biographical information. The book is not simply a factual biography but seeks to develop a theme that is made clear from the beginning: wars and economic depressions shaped Hurwicz's outlook on the world and molded his economics. The tone is overall enthusiastic, and historians of economics should see this biography as an invitation to further inquire into Hurwicz's contributions.”—Vincent Carret, History of Political Economy“A fascinating, exciting story.” — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind