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Over the course of the twentieth century, professional economists
have become a feature in the policymaking process and have slowly
changed the way we think about work, governance, and economic
justice. However, they have also been a frustrating, paradoxical,
and in recent years, controversial fixture in American public life.
This book focuses on the emergence and growth of professional
economics in the U.S., examining the challenges early professional
economists faced, which foreshadowed obstacles throughout the
twentieth century. From the founding of the American Economic
Association in 1885 to the depths of the Great Depression, this
volume illustrates why some of the most optimistic and capable
economic minds struggled to help smooth economic transitions and
tame market fluctuations. Drawing on archival research and
secondary sources, the text explores the emergence of professional
economics in the United States and explains how economists came to
be 'irrelevant geniuses'. This book is well suited for those who
study and are interested in American history, the history of
economic thought and policy history.
Over the course of the twentieth century, professional economists
have become a feature in the policymaking process and have slowly
changed the way we think about work, governance, and economic
justice. However, they have also been a frustrating, paradoxical,
and in recent years, controversial fixture in American public life.
This book focuses on the emergence and growth of professional
economics in the U.S., examining the challenges early professional
economists faced, which foreshadowed obstacles throughout the
twentieth century. From the founding of the American Economic
Association in 1885 to the depths of the Great Depression, this
volume illustrates why some of the most optimistic and capable
economic minds struggled to help smooth economic transitions and
tame market fluctuations. Drawing on archival research and
secondary sources, the text explores the emergence of professional
economics in the United States and explains how economists came to
be 'irrelevant geniuses'. This book is well suited for those who
study and are interested in American history, the history of
economic thought and policy history.
When Jonathan Franklin takes two baby tawny owls back to Eton, he
has no idea how chaotic the following months will be. The birds
show no respect for Etonian routine and tradition. They trash his
room and rule his daily life, and are known throughout the school
as 'Dum' and 'Dee'. Although a keen naturalist, Jonathan struggles
to understand his charges and to find the right food for them; at
first meat and feathers, soon mice and rats. Even so, they nearly
die of malnutrition on two occasions. Frantic, he searches for
natural food. How to keep them alive is a constant worry. He
watches them grow from ugly balls of fluff into beautiful adults,
every change of plumage and behaviour noted. They play truant, they
shock others, and lead Jonathan into hilarious adventures. They
charm his housemaster and everybody who meets them. Best of all is
seeing them flying about over those famous playing fields. All the
time, Jonathan works to train them for eventual return to the wild.
Will that be possible? He is never sure whether he will succeed.Now
updated by the author to tell the end of this extraordinary story,
Two Owls at Eton - very British, very witty, yet always close to
the rawness of the natural world - is a story to delight everyone -
whether they ever trod those playing fields, or have never wished
to set eyes on the place.
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