Mata, Tiago;
(2016)
Michael Szenberg and Lall B. Ramrattan , eds., Eminent Economists II: Their Life and
Work Philosophies ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014 ).
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
, 38
(1)
pp. 119-121.
10.1017/S1053837215000814.
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Abstract
How might one appraise the historical value of a collection of autobiographical essays? Two approaches come immediately to mind, reading in depth or/and reading in breadth. A volume of autobiographical essays promises to be a trove of insights on the lives of economists of the late twentieth century. Each of the 29 essays of Eminent Economists II may earn a separate score depending on the curiosity of the historian and the candidness of the writer. And so I read Eminent Economists II for profit on the history of radical and postkeynesian economics, pausing at the essays by Paul Davidson and Anwar Shaikh. In this idiosyncratic instance, the essays gave me little beyond what I might source from my own interviews and from reading earlier published reminiscences by the two authors. The disparaging assessment might differ for historians probing other essays and historicizing fields of economics that are less self-aware and self-regarding than the heterodox community.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Michael Szenberg and Lall B. Ramrattan , eds., Eminent Economists II: Their Life and Work Philosophies ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2014 ) |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1017/S1053837215000814 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1053837215000814 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10201002 |
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