Table of contents
Introduction New contributions to the science of economics: a new research program of a simultaneous equilibrium versus disequilibrium approach and some basic results
Anghel N. RuginaA long Introduction provides a composite methodological standard of 25 elements (concepts, theorems and basic relationships) which actually represent in analysis a system of…
1. Nobel Laureate: Ragnar A.K. Frisch (1895‐1973)
Anghel N. RuginaElaborates on dialogue between Laureates Ragnar Frisch and Jon Tinbergen with regard to an evaluation of their judicious contributions to the science of economics (the two were…
2. Nobel Laureate: Jan Tinbergen (1903‐1994)
Anghel N. RuginaSays of Jon Tinbergen that he was a very modest person and a very great scientist. Looks at his early humble beginnings in The Netherlands and on to his many and varied advisory…
3. Nobel Laureate: Paul A. Samuelson (1915‐ )
Anghel N. RuginaExplores the life of Paul A. Samuelson, of whom it is said, that he is the ‘last generalist in economics’, from his early days in the USA. Gives great detail from his lecture…
4. Nobel Laureate: Simon Kuznets (1901‐1985)
Anghel N. RuginaClaims Kuznets is a quantification economist, e.g. a statistician who used the theory of models to find answers to problems. Covers, in depth, Kuznets’ early Russian‐Jewish…
5. Nobel Laureate: Kenneth J. Arrow (1921‐ )
Anghel N. RuginaLooks at Arrow’s early background in New York and his subsequent development in the field of econometrics and mathematical economics. Covers his work in depth and his achievements…
6. Nobel Laureate: Sir John R. Hicks (1904‐1989)
Anghel N. RuginaIntroduces Hicks, from the UK, and his classical upbringing, including his mathematical scholarships and Oxford. Looks at his early career as a lecturer at the London School of…
7. Nobel Laureate: Wassily Leontief (1906‐1999)
Anghel N. RuginaFocuses on Wassily Leontif’s early upbringing in St Petersburg (Leningrad), and his education at the university there. Continues with his various overseas postings that followed…
8. Nobel Laureate: Friedrich A. Hayek (1899‐1992)
Anghel N. RuginaDiscusses, after an introduction, Hayek’s life from his early Viennese upbringing and his education at Vienna University, plus his further work at New York University and the…
9. Nobel Laureate: Gunnar Myrdal (1898‐1987)
Anghel N. RuginaProfiles Gunnar Myrdal, who was born in Sweden, but after his graduation from Stockholm University’s Law School, studied in Germany and England, before moving to the USA, where he…
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- Professor Terence Garrett