Albert O. Hirschman had a big impact on my thinking about economics and society. He passed away here in Princeton this past December. Reading the press release from the Institute of Advance Study, I realize that he was not only a brilliant scholar, but a very brave man.
Most of my blogs about Hirschman have been in Swedish, but here is a link to an English language comment:
Med buss från Stockholm till New Delhi (1974)
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*Svenskar på väg till Indien. Foto: Hans Sandberg, 1974.*
*(Augusti 2014, reviderad i mars 2024)*
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