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Topreviews Mostrecent Topreviews TopreviewsfromtheUnitedStates Therewasaproblemfilteringreviewsrightnow.Pleasetryagainlater.R.Albin4.0outof5stars Interesting ReviewedintheUnitedStatesonJanuary18,2014VerifiedPurchase AlbertHirschmanismakinganimpressiveposthumouscomeback.Thisinterestingbookfollowsthepublicationofaverysympatheticbiographybytheeditorofthisvolume,historianJeremyAdelman.Hrischmanwasaneconomistwhobecamewellknownasapenetratingcriticofconventionaleconomicanalysis,politicalthought,andassomethingofanintellectualhistorian,Heisbestknownnowastheauthorofseverallongercriticalessays,includingTheRhetoricofReaction,apowerfulanalysisofconservativerhetoricaldevices.Hirschmanestablishedhimselforiginallyasaleadingexpertondevelopmenteconomics.Hislaterworkasamoregeneralcriticappearstohavefollowedtheeclipseofdevelopmenteconomicsasacohesivesub-fieldofeconomics.Hirschman'sessaysarecelebratedjustlyforhisconciseandelegantstyle,impressiveerudition,andunexpectedinsights.Theessaysincludedinthisbookamplydemonstratethesefeatures.Thebookislargelydividedinto2sections.Abouttheinitial40%ofthebookisdevotedtoessaysaboutdevelopmenteconomics,includingsomeverythoughtfulretrospectivedissectionsofthefieldasadiscipline.Thelateressaysareamixtureoftopicsincludingsomeverysharpessaysoneconomicandpoliticalthought.SeveraloftheessaysareeitherprecursorsorfollowupsofHirschman'sfamouslongeressayslikeThePassionsandtheInterests,Exit,Voice,andLoyalty,andTheRhetoricofReaction.Isuspecttheselatteressayswillbeofmostinteresttogeneralreaders.TheearlieressaysondevelopmenteconomicscertainlydisplayHirschman'squalitiesasanessayistbutperhapswillbeofgreatestinteresttoeconomistsandotherswithsomeinterestsinthisaspectofintellectualhistory.Thisisagoodbookbutformostreaders,hislongeressays,publishedseparately,willbeofthemostinterest.. 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