This paper uses as source material twenty-three autobiographical essays by Nobel economists presented since 1984 at … one planned in advance but one that evolved via the marketplace for ideas. -- Nobel economists ; economic thought …

an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places …. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to show that they are people too - with more than enough warts and …'s remarkably different conception in The Worldly Philosophers. I also discuss more generally the question of why economists might …

We develop a theory of the market for individual reputation, an indicator of regard by one’s peers and others. The … reputation? Using evidence for academic economists, we find that, conditional on its impact, the quantity of output has no or …

economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …

When policymakers and private agents use models, the economists who design the model have an incentive to alter it in …

gradual reduction due to declining wealth inequality. A number of extensions to the basic model allow to match our theory with …