Peter Bauer (Lord Bauer) was an economist of considerable influence, particularly on the prevailing wisdom about the value of foreign aid ('government-to-government transfers', as he preferred to call it). Shortly before his death in May 2002, he received the prestigious first award of the...

La tentación de la burocracia por fijar precios de acuerdo a los costos marginales de largo plazo, a pesar de las implicancias de la teoría de la economía de bienestar de usar los costos marginales de corto plazo, nace aparentemente por tratar de evitar las oscilaciones de los precios en el...

In this collection of autobiographical essays, 26 prominent scholars detail their professional development, while offering insight into their lives and philosophies. With candor and humor they relate how they came to the field of economics, as well as how their views have evolved over the years.