Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer
Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer
How War and the Great Depression Inspired a Nobel Economist
“A fascinating, exciting story.”
— Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
While 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.
Washington state-based writer Michael Hurwicz has long been fascinated by his father's journey as a Polish Jew from 1930s Warsaw to America and ultimately a Nobel Prize in Economics. Michael's book reflects deep archival research as well as conversations with his father, immediate and extended family, friends, students, and colleagues.
- ISBN-13
- 9798887191348
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Imprint
- Academic Studies Press
- Publication date
- 9 May 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 238
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 mm
- Language
- English