Economic Theory in Retrospect by Mark Blaug

This must have counted as more than four books, for I recall him saying that it took him a fortnight.

He wrote with a fountain pen, using royal blue ink, on postcards even though the postcards left room for only a few short remarks, they 2.

He would read drafts with unbelievable speed, his comments often coming back by return of post. Yet he could be immensely supportive of young scholars, not paying attention to distinctions of status or seniority. Courtesy Katharina Cranz enormous volumes of The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics (Eatwell, Milgate, and Newman 1987) were published and Mark reviewed it for the Institute of Economic Affairs (Blaug 1990), he claimed that he was probably one of very few people who had read all of its fortyone hundred pages.2 Mark developed a reputation for being combative in disagreeing with positions he thought wrong and questioning ones that he did not understand. History of Political Economy Duke University Press Although he loved reading and enjoyed debating, he was impatient with details, always wanting to get the big picture. could contain ideas that could require months of work, often much more than someone else's lengthy, detailed criticisms could require.

Economic Theory in Retrospect by Mark Blaug