Harry Johnson A Life in Economics [Paperback]

This book chronicles eminent economist Harry Johnson's intellectual development and contributions to economic research and policy.Harry Johnson (1923-1977) was such a striking figure in economics that Nobel Laureate James Tobin designated the third quarter of the twentieth century as the age of Johnson. This book chronicles his intellectual development and his contributions to economics, economic education, and, particularly in Canada and Britain, the discussion of economic policy.Harry Johnson (1923-1977) was such a striking figure in economics that Nobel Laureate James Tobin designated the third quarter of the twentieth century as the age of Johnson. This book chronicles his intellectual development and his contributions to economics, economic education, and, particularly in Canada and Britain, the discussion of economic policy.Harry Johnson (1923-1977) was such a striking figure in economics that Nobel Laureate James Tobin designated the third quarter of the twentieth century as the age of Johnson. Johnson played a leading role in the development and extension of the Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade, wrote fundamental articles on the balance of payments and later developed the monetary approach to the balance of payments. Within monetary economics he was also a seminal figure who, in a series of surveys, identified and explained the links between the ideas of the major post-war innovators. This book chronicles his intellectual development and his contributions to economics, economic education, and, particularly in Canada and Britain, the discussion of economic policy.1. Toronto; 2. Antigonish; 3. England; 4. North American postgraduate; 5. Cambridge don; 6. Cambridge economist; 7. Manchester; 8. Chicago; 9. Canada, economic nationalism, and opulence, 195766; 10. Money, trade, and development; 11. LSE; 12. Professional life - largely British; 13. Money and inflation; 14. The international monetary system; 15. Harry's Wicksell period; 16. Strokl3#