Table of Contents

Part 1 maximizing insight - data, mathematics and computers in the history of economic analysis: data and economics; mathematics and economics; computers and economics; Nobel prize in economics, 1969-1989. Part 2 Macroeconomics: biographical sketch of Friedrich von Hayek, overview of 1974 Nobel prize lecture - "The Pretence of Knowledge"; biographical sketch of Milton Friedman, overview of 1976 Nobel prize lecture - "Inflation and Unemployment"; biographical sketch of James Tobin, overview of 1981 Nobel prize lecture - "Money and Finance in the Macro-Economic Process"; biographical sketch of Richard Stone, overview of 1984 Nobel prize lecture - "The Accounts of Society"; biographical sketch of Franco Modigliani, overview of 1985 Nobel prize lecture - "Life Cycle, Individual Thrift and the Wealth of Nations"; biographical sketch of Robert Solow, overview of 1987 nobel prize lecture - "Growth Theory and After". Part 3 microeconomics: biographical sketch of Paul Samuelson, overview of 1970 Nobel prize lecture - "Maximum Principles in Analytical Economics"; biographical sketch of Kenneth Arrow, overview of 1972 Nobel prize lecture - "General Economic Equilibrium - Purpose, Analytic Techniques, Collective Choice"; biographical sketch of John Hicks, overview of 1972 Nobel prize lecture - "The Mainspring of Economic Growth"; biographical sketch of Herbert Simon, overview of 1978 Nobel prize lecture - "Rational Decision-making in Business Organizations"; biographical sketch of Gerard Debreu, overview of 1983 Nobel prize lecture - "Economic Theory in the Mathematical Mode; biographical sketch of James Buchanan, overview of 1986 Nobel prize lecture - "The Constitution of Economic Policy"; biographical sketch of Maurice Allais, overview of 1988 Nobel prize lecture - "An Outline of my Main Contributions to Economic Science". Part 4 Development economics: biographical sketch of Simon Kuznets, overview of 1971 Nobel prize lecture - "Modern Economic Growth - findings and Reflections"; biographical sketch of Gunnar Myrdal, overview of 1974 Nobel prize lecture - "The Equality Issue in World Development"; Biographical sketch of Arthur Lewis, overview of 1979 Nobel prize lecture - "The Slowing Down of the Engine of Growth"; biographical sketch of Theodore Schultz, overview of 1979 Nobel prize lecture - "The Economics of Being Poor". Part contents.