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Re: Hirshman inspired question
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ALAIN ALCOUFFE <[log in to unmask]>
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Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 8 Jun 2013 11:51:04 +0200
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Hi
I taught history of economic thought during the last decades to  
students and repeated regularly that Schumpeter should not be spelled  
as SHUMPETER, let me suggest that Hirshman should be written as  
Hirschman..
I apologize for this remark..
best



Roger Backhouse <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :

> Correct, he had around 50 economists under him, though I cannot  
> confirm what the exact title of his group was. One of the noteworthy  
> things about Mason in that role was his willingness to hire the best  
> people, even if they were Jewish.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger Backhouse
> Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics
> University of Birmingham
> Edgbaston
> Birmingham
> B15 2TT
> United Kingdom
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.socscistaff.bham.ac.uk/backhouse/homepage/index.html
>
>
>
> On 7 Jun 2013, at 16:15, "Womack, John" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I've read somewhere that Mason was actually the director of the  
>> OSS's economic department. I'm sure someone who's studied his  
>> career could tell us.
>>
>> From: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]  
>> On Behalf Of Teresa Tomas Rangil
>> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 4:52 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [SHOE] Hirshman inspired question
>>
>> I think they were:
>>
>> Calvin Bryce Hoover
>> Moses Abramovitz
>> Edward Mason
>> Wassily Leontief
>> and Charles Kindleberger
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Teresa Tomás
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:21 AM, michael perelman  
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> His biographer notes that 5 future presidents of the American  
>> Economic Association were part of the OSS.  Who were they?
>>
>> --
>> Michael Perelman
>> Economics Department
>> California State University
>> Chico, CA
>> 95929
>>
>> 530 898 5321
>> fax 530 898 5901
>> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Teresa Tomás Rangil
>> Research Hall
>> Faculty of History
>> Old Boys' High School
>> George Street
>> Oxford OX1 2RL
>> United Kingdom
>> UK phone: (+44) 07530940841
>> website: teresatomasrangil.com
>>

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