Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise

by Erwin Dekker

Jan Tinbergen was the first Nobel Prize winner in Economics and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. This book argues that his crucial contribution is the theory of economic policy and the legitimation of economic expertise in service of the state. It traces his youthful socialist ideals which found political direction in the Plan-socialist movement of the 1930s for which he developed new economic models to combat the Great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108495990
• ISBN13: 9781108495998
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.8" x 9.2"