Prologue: Who He Was and What He Did

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART I. L’Enfant Terrible, 1883–1926: Innovation and Economics
5. Prologue: Who He Was and What He Did 3
6. 1. Leaving Home 10
7. 2. Shaping His Character 23
8. 3. Learning Economics 38
9. 4. Moving Out 57
10. 5. Career Takeoff 67
11. 6. War and Politics 84
12. 7. Gran Rifiuto 104
13. 8. Annie 113
14. 9. Heartbreak 126
15. PART II. The Adult, 1926–1939: Capitalism and Society
16. Prologue: What He Had Learned 145
17. 10. New Intellectual Directions 151
18. 11. Policy and Entrepreneurship 167
19. 12. The Bonn-Harvard Shuttle 184
20. 13. Harvard 205
21. 14. Suffering and Solace 222
22. PART III. The Sage, 1939–1950: Innovation, Capitalism, and History
23. Prologue: How and Why He Embraced History 247
24. 15. Business Cycles, Business History 251
25. 16. Letters from Europe 279
26. 17. To Leave Harvard? 302
27. 18. Against the Grain 313
28. 19. The Courage of Her Convictions 326
29. 20. Alienation 337
30. 21. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 347
31. 22. War and Perplexity 375
32. 23. Introspection 399
33. 24. Honors and Crises 409
34. 25. Toward the Mixed Economy 422
35. 26. History of Economic Analysis 442
36. 27. A Principle of Indeterminateness 469
37. 28. L’Envoi 485
38. Epilogue: The Legacy 495
39. Notes 507
40. Acknowledgments 695
41. Illustration Credits 699
42. Index 703