Review by Choice Review
Moggridge (Univ. of Toronto; past president, History of Economics Society; editor, The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes; author, Maynard Keynes: An Economist's Biography, CH, Feb'93, 30-3355, and other books), offers a clear, scholarly biography of Harry Johnson (1923-77) and his contributions to the economics profession. Although not as well known today as some of his contemporaries, Johnson wrote more than 500 academic papers and 15 books, created the quant crash course used by many graduate programs, and maintained a working network of elite economists. He taught at prestigious academic institutions in North America and abroad. He insisted on differentiating between Keynesian economics and the economics of Keynes, disagreed with Friedman and others, and held opinionated views of the Chicago School--all of which make for lively, thought-provoking reading. No wonder Nobel laureate James Tobin declared that "the third quarter of the 20th century was the age of Johnson." Summing Up: Highly recommended. Economic thought and history collections, upper-division undergraduate through faculty. H. Barreto DePauw University
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Review by Choice Review
