This volume is a collection of intellectual biographies of economists, which the author has written over the last 16 years. There are four categories: accounts of Cambridge greats - Joan Robinson, Piero Sraffa, Nicholas Kaldor, Richard Kahn; oral histories of Lorie Tarshis, George Shackle, Kenneth Boulding and Richard Goodwin; memoirs of close friends of the author who have died; and shorter essays which include John Hicks, James Meade, Brian Reddaway, Arthur Smithies, Heinz Arndt and J.M.Keynes.
Acknowledgements - PART 1 INTRODUCTION - PART 2 FOUR MODERN CAMBRIDGE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS - Joan Robinson - On Piero Sraffa's Contributions to Economics - Nicholas Kaldor, 12 May 1908-30 September 1986 - R.F.Kahn: A Tribute - PART 3 ORAL HISTORIES - An Early Post Keynesian: Lorie Tarshis. Or: Tarshis on Tarshis by Harcourt - Notes on an Economic Querist: G.L.S.Shackle - A Man for All Systems: Talking to Kenneth Boulding - A Twentieth Century Eclectic: Richard Goodwin - PART 4 MEMOIRS AND TRIBUTES - The End of an Era: Joan Robinson (1903-83) and Piero Sraffa (1898-1983) - Eric Russell (1921-77): A Memoir - Athanasios (Tom) Asimakopulos, 28 May 1930-25 May 1990: A Memoir - Maurice Dobb (1900-76) - PART 5 SHORTER ESSAYS - John Hicks (1904-89) - James Meade - W.B.Reddaway - Arthur Smithies (1907-81) - H.W.Arndt - John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
G. C. Harcourt, P. A. Riach, UK) Harcourt, Professor Geoffrey (University of Cambridge, UK) Riach, Peter (Office of Manpower Economics, Geoffrey Harcourt, Peter Riach, Professor Geoffrey Harcourt
G. C. Harcourt, P. A. Riach, UK) Harcourt, Professor Geoffrey (University of Cambridge, UK) Riach, Peter (Office of Manpower Economics, Geoffrey Harcourt, Peter Riach, Professor Geoffrey Harcourt