? The exemplary applied economist was also a student of the beginning of things. Milton Friedman was recognized with a Nobel Memorial Prize in 1976, but something more important to economics happened that year, and I don’t mean the bicentennial of the American Revolution. The
During a lunch I had with Charles Kindleberger about 1995, he joked that he and Alec Cairncross were having a contest to see who could write the most books in retirement.
I suspect Charlie won.
During a lunch I had with Charles Kindleberger about 1995, he joked that he and Alec Cairncross were having a contest to see who could write the most books in retirement.