{"product_id":"9798887191331","title":"Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A fascinating, exciting story.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e— Sylvia Nasar, author of \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003eWhile still in his early 20s, and under Hitler's shadow, Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (1917-2008) left his home in Warsaw, Poland, seeking safety and a degree at the London School of Economics.  The following years, while challenging and potentially life-threatening, contained the seeds of a lifelong intellectual adventure.  Leo's story is personal (born a refugee, precarious war years for himself and his Polish-Jewish family, a new life in America), global (revolutions, wars, depressions), ideological  (socialism, capitalism, economic planning, free markets) and professional (a sixty-year career as a professor of economics leading ultimately to a Nobel Prize).  This book tells his story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academic Studies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65533772464477,"sku":null,"price":63.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9798887191331.MAIN.jpg?v=1788899676","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9798887191331","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}