The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo. We were married a few months later.

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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...

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...

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...

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.

At the time, my personal research objectives were to provide Keynesian economics with more rigorous...

At the time, my personal research objectives were to provide Keynesian economics with more rigorous...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...