My father had not even completed high school when he started as an office boy working for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and I am not sure that my mother completed high school.

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My wife and I now live in the summers in northern Michigan in an environment...

My wife and I now live in the summers in northern Michigan in an environment...

I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally...

I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally...

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler...

I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler...

I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of...

I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of...

When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when...

When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when...

I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to...

I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to...

What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading,...

What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading,...

My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my...

My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my...

I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.

I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school.

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in...

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in...

While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy...

While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy...

In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic...

In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic...

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the...

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the...

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close...

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close...

Our family life was certainly not intellectual.

Our family life was certainly not intellectual.

The development of a political-economic framework to explore long-run institutional change occupied me during all...

The development of a political-economic framework to explore long-run institutional change occupied me during all...