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Recollections and reflections of an australian patriot and a cambridge economist

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  • G.C. HARCOURT

    (University of Cambridge)

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The paper is a contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on the professional experiences of distinguished economists which the BNL Quarterly Review started in 1979. Hargourt describes is becoming an economist and subsequent academic life as a "Christian socialist".

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  • G.C. Harcourt, 1995. "Recollections and reflections of an australian patriot and a cambridge economist," BNL Quarterly Review, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, vol. 48(194), pages 225-254.
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    Keywords

    Hargourt; Christian; Socialist; Australian; Recollections;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals

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