Klappentext: In the first full biography of Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992), Alan Ebenstein chronicles the life, works, and legacy of the visionary thinker, from his early years in fin-de-siècle Vienna to his remarkable career as a Nobel Prize winning economist, political philosopher, and leading...

Known as one of the primary architects of the Black-Scholes model, Myron S. Scholes applied his love of economic research to developing a fundamental tool of valuation that would become the standard in financial markets around the world. Together with fellow pioneers Fischer Black and Robert C....