The Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics

‘Every serious research economist will want to have a look at this comprehensive work.’ – Edwin Burmeister, Research Professor of Economics, Duke University, US ‘The award of the Nobel Prize has, for more than thirty years, been economists’ way of informing the public at large about what work most of them think is important, and about who has done it. Anyone seeking to understand the development of recent economic ideas and the profession that has created them must deal with the Prize’s history, and Vane and Mulhearn have provided an indispensable guide to it – brief, readable and accurate.’ – David Laidler, Professor Emeritus and Bank of Montreal Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada Erudite, accessible and lucidly written, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the careers and main published works of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics. It will prove to be an invaluable reference book on key figures in economics and their path-breaking insights. The vignettes should also encourage the reader to sample some of the Laureates’ original works and gain a better understanding of the context in which new ideas were first put forward.