Allyn Young

This book is the first major study of the life and work of Allyn Young. It is an intellectual biography of one of the most prominent and influential economists of the interwar period. The book details Allyn Young's remarkedly varied academic career during which he held posts in seven American universities and one in Britain. He was an inspiring and admired teacher, particularly in graduate work, as attested to by former students: Frank Knight, Edward Chamberlin, Bertil Ohlin, Eleanor Dulles, Nicholas Kaldor and others. Young's equally varied professional publications, ranging from his early…