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Mr. Boulding and the Americans

In: Kenneth Boulding

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  • Robert Scott

    (Monmouth University)

Abstract

Kenneth Boulding’s Atlantic crossing on the SS Laconia en route to the University of Chicago had at least one unintended effect on his time in America. By happenstance, Professor Joseph A. Schumpeter from Harvard University was traveling on the same ship. Since the trip took nine days they became well acquainted. Boulding had a copy of his Oxford thesis, which Schumpeter took the time to read and they discussed at length. That thesis was lost at some point, which Boulding suggested was of no great loss to the profession. Schumpeter convinced Boulding to visit him at Harvard while he was in the United States. On his way to Chicago, Boulding traveled through New York and westward through Indiana. He was surprised by the forested landscape of America since his impression of the country came largely from cowboy movies.

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  • Robert Scott, 2015. "Mr. Boulding and the Americans," Great Thinkers in Economics, in: Kenneth Boulding, chapter 3, pages 35-70, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gtechp:978-1-137-03438-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137034380_3
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