Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise, Hardback/Erwin Dekker

This is the first biographical treatment of Jan Tinbergen, the first Nobel Prize Winner in Economics. It analyzes his youthful socialist ideals and involvement in Plan-socialism and how it gave rise to his pioneering econometric models and his seminal theory of economic policy. It situates his work within the rise of modern economic expertise. Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises