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Inside the Economist’s Mind
"This blog hosts discussion of issues relevant to the new book, Inside the Economist’s Mind, coedited by Nobel Laureate Paul A. Samuelson and William A. Barnett and published by Blackwell Publishing.”
April 25, 2008, 10:47 am, 281940
The book has been translated into Korean and published on March 27, 2008. The publisher is JISIK-SANUP Publishing Co.Ltd. in Seoul. The translators are Jeong Ho Hahm and Tae Hong Jinn. Many book reviews have appeared in the Korean press. I understand that 10 such reviews ...
March 23, 2008, 12:46 pm, 266251
A book review of ITEM appeared in the journal, Economic History Review, vol 60, no 4, 2007, pp. 869-871. It was written by Roger Middleton himself. He is the Book Review Editor of that journal. Among the statements in the review is: ...
January 25, 2008, 10:45 am, 245941
The Google Books preview of ITEM has improved dramatically since it first appeared in January of 2007. I don't know how they manage to do this, but Google Books has gotten together a lot of relevant information about the book.
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240448
Daylife maintains a site about Paul Samuelson. The Daylife Samuelson Site provides press coverage about Paul and is the place to look for what the press is saying about him and what he is saying to the press.
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240449
A limited preview of the book is available in Google Book Search. That preview is a good way to get a quick overview of the book, with the ability to see parts of each chapter. Oddly the Google Book Search preview links only to the hardcover edition ...
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240447
The online FT Bookshop, operated by Bertrand Group Limited in the UK, listed ITEM as first on their paperback best seller's list early this week. Perhaps the article last week in the Financial Times had something to do with this. But they ...
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240446
The leading financial newspaper in Brazil is Valor Economico (which means "Economic Value"). A major cover story about the book just appeared today (February 9, 2007) in that newspaper. It includes original artwork produced by the newspaper and photographs acquired by the ...
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240442
In the February 9th post below, I mentioned a major review of ITEM in the Brazilian newspaper, Valor Economico. I have now acquired a complete English translation. It is fascinating. In addition to the comments on the book by the editor and ...
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240440
The Lawrence newspaper is the Lawrence Journal World. On today's LJWorld.com blog, there is a short story with title, "KU Economist's Book Scores Big." It contains some useful links to two of the published reviews of the book, along with some rather odd ...
January 3, 2008, 12:45 pm, 240441
The book has appeared as a "Must Read" on the "Tax Guru's Amazon Store." The list seems to be the same as Tom Keene's list, but it is packaged differently, since the links to the books on this list go to different places from the link's in Tom's ...