At the time, my personal research objectives were to provide Keynesian economics with more rigorous foundations and to tighten and elaborate the logic of macroeconomic and monetary theory.

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I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and...

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and...

From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City Plan Commission.

From 1966 to 1970 I served as Chairman of the New Haven City Plan Commission.

The crisis triggered a fertile period of scientific ferment and revolution in economic theory.

The crisis triggered a fertile period of scientific ferment and revolution in economic theory.

Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do...

Yale places great stress on undergraduate and graduate teaching. I like teaching, and I do...

At the same time it offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding...

At the same time it offered the hope, as it still does, that improved understanding...

The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in...

The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in...

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as...

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as...

Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.

Most important, I have learned from my colleagues and students.

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide...

The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide...

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety...

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety...

I was born in Champaign in 1918. From the neighborhood elementary and intermediate schools, I...

I was born in Champaign in 1918. From the neighborhood elementary and intermediate schools, I...