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James Tobin, 1981 Nobel laureate in economics, was the outstanding monetary economist among American Keynesian economists. This book, the first written about James Tobin, examines his leading role as a Keynesian macroeconomist and monetary economist, and considers the continuing relevance of his ideas. Coming to economics during the Great Depression, Tobin saw an active role for government in stabilizing the economy, maintaining full employment, limiting inequality and promoting economic growth. In addition to contributing to economics in fields from investment (the Tobin's q theory of investment) and money demand to long-run growth theory, Tobin was active in public policy, notably on President Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisers. As an outspoken 'Old Keynesian, ' Tobin rebutted monetarist and New Classical claims that economies are automatically self-stabilizing. Robert Dimand provides an in-depth study of James Tobin's work and life, making this text essential reading for scholars and researchers of the history of economic thought, monetary economics, and economic policy.

James Buchanan (1919-2013), economist and philosopher, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986 for his original theory of political democracy as market exchange. Buchanan believed economics should be concerned with liberty, individualism and equity.

abstract: James Mut was seven years old when the Northern military attacked people in his village. He also walked for six months before arriving to Ethiopia. "Lost Boys Found" is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book. ; Age: 23 ; Region: Upper Nile ; This picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Center

Main description: In diesem Band wird erstmals der Versuch unternommen, das für die europäische Rezeption der amerikanischen Philosophie des Pragmatismus bis heute einflußreichste Werk dem Leser durch eine auf dieses Werk konzentrierte Sammlung von kommentierenden Beiträgen unter den philosophischen Bedingungen unserer Zeit näherzubringen. Das Werk, das hier im Mittelpunkt steht, ist Pragmatism. A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking. Es besteht aus acht Vorlesungen, die sein Verfasser, William James, 1906/07 in Cambridge und Boston gehalten und kurz danach publiziert hat. -- William James konfrontiert darin seit langem bestehende Richtungen in der Philosophie mit der pragmatischen Methode, indem er fordert, daß philosophische Gedanken nach ihrer Beziehung zum Leben und nach ihren Wirkungen in der Welt der Erfahrung zu beurteilen seien. James' Argumente haben auf das Denken einen tiefgreifenden Einfluß gehabt, das Buch Pragmatism zählt seit seinem Erscheinen zu den großen Büchern der Philosophie.

Professor James Meenan, who died in Dublin on 25th May 1987 was born on 18th October 1910, the eldest son of Dr James N . Meenan who was a Professor of the faculty of Medicine at University College, Dublin. He was educated at the Catholic University School, Clongowes Wood and University College, Dublin. He won the Arkin medal for Irish History at his First Arts examination and he went on to take first place and first class honours in the BA degree in Political Economy. In 1932 he gained the MA degree, the Coyne Memorial Scholarship and the National University of Ireland Travelling Studentship in Economics which led to studies at the Universities of Rome and Perugia and resulted in a book on the Italian Corporate State. He then studied law, was called to the bar and practised for some years. During the 1940s James Meenan concentrated on economics, which he taught at University College, Dublin.