The very name of my subject, economics, suggests economizing or maximizing. But Political Economy has gone a long way beyond home economics.
The history of the twentieth century - America's century! - has been pretty much a history of rising prices.
Let those who will - write the nation's laws - if I can write its textbooks.
Things swept so badly that I had distrust - after 1967, let's say - of American Keynesianism. For better or worse, U.S. Keynesianism was so far ahead of where it started. I am a cafeteria Keynesian.
It is dead wrong about necessary surplus of winnings over losings.
In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching.
