The late Randall E. Parker, formerly Professor of Economics, East Carolina University, US

'This is an enjoyable and immensely readable book which combines in interview format, reflections by prominent economists on contemporary and subsequent explanations of the Great Depression with what Bernanke in his foreword refers to as highbrow gossip concerning the lives and experiences of those selected economists who lived through the era.'

• Contents: Foreword by Ben S. Bernanke Preface 1. An Overview of the Great Depression 2. Paul Samuelson 3. Milton Friedman 4. Moses Abramovitz 5. Albert Hart 6. Charles Kindleberger 7. Anna Schwartz 8. James Tobin 9. Wassily Leontief 10. Morris Adelman 11. Herbert Stein 12. Victor Zarnowitz 13. Concluding Remarks References Index

The late Randall E. Parker, formerly Professor of Economics, East Carolina University, US

'This is an enjoyable and immensely readable book which combines in interview format, reflections by prominent economists on contemporary and subsequent explanations of the Great Depression with what Bernanke in his foreword refers to as highbrow gossip concerning the lives and experiences of those selected economists who lived through the era.'

• Contents: Foreword by Ben S. Bernanke Preface 1. An Overview of the Great Depression 2. Paul Samuelson 3. Milton Friedman 4. Moses Abramovitz 5. Albert Hart 6. Charles Kindleberger 7. Anna Schwartz 8. James Tobin 9. Wassily Leontief 10. Morris Adelman 11. Herbert Stein 12. Victor Zarnowitz 13. Concluding Remarks References Index

The late Randall E. Parker, formerly Professor of Economics, East Carolina University, US

'This is an enjoyable and immensely readable book which combines in interview format, reflections by prominent economists on contemporary and subsequent explanations of the Great Depression with what Bernanke in his foreword refers to as highbrow gossip concerning the lives and experiences of those selected economists who lived through the era.'

• Contents: Foreword by Ben S. Bernanke Preface 1. An Overview of the Great Depression 2. Paul Samuelson 3. Milton Friedman 4. Moses Abramovitz 5. Albert Hart 6. Charles Kindleberger 7. Anna Schwartz 8. James Tobin 9. Wassily Leontief 10. Morris Adelman 11. Herbert Stein 12. Victor Zarnowitz 13. Concluding Remarks References Index