Harry Landreth told me of his regret that he didn't get down to Bogota to interview Lauchlin Currie before he died (in 1993) on "The Coming of Keynesianism to America", with the result that Currie's story on Hansen was not highlighted as much as it should have been. I think I redress this somewhat in my subsequent paper, "The New Deal and 'Domesticated Keynesianism' in America", in Michael Keaney (ed.), Economist with a Public Purpose: Essays in Honour of John Kenneth Galbraith, Routledge, 2001. (I can make this available to anyone interested.)

Also see James Tobin (1976), “Hansen and Public Policy.” Quarterly Journal of Economics. 90: 32-37, where he refers to the collaboration of Currie ("Mr Inside") and Hansen ("Mr Outside").

Roger Sandilands
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If you don't already know it, D.C. Colander & H. Landreth (eds) (1996) The Coming of Keynesianism to America (Elgar) is a kind of primary source -- a collection of retrospective interviews with founders of Keynesianism in the US, including Hansen in a joint interview with Abba Lerner. And from memory there are many other references to Hansen's role throughout all the interviews in this volume (e.g., from Domar, Samuelson), including comment to the effect that Harvard didn't get exactly what they were expecting when they appointed him!

Tony Aspromourgos

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Perry Mehrling is the man to talk to.

As ever

Bob


On Tue, January 15, 2013 22:04, Scott Scheall wrote:
> Hi, all.
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> I'd like to better understand Alvin Hansen's transition from critic of
> Keynes (in e.g., Hansen & Tout 1933) to full-throated Keynesian.
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> Any reading suggestions? Has this been addressed in the literature?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Best,
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> Scott Scheall
> Lecturer
> Science, Technology, and Society
> School of Letters and Sciences
> Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus
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