Introduction -- Part I Themes in Harvard Economics -- 1. Econometrics at Harvard -- 2. Harvard’s Contributions to Development Economics -- 3. Economic History and Economic Historians at Harvard -- Part II Some Harvard Economists -- 4. Charles Franklin Dunbar (1830–1900) -- 5. Frank W. Taussig (1859–1940) -- 6. Thomas Nixon Carver (1865–1961) -- 7. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1883–1950) -- 8. John Henry Williams (1887–1980) -- 9. Alvin H. Hansen (1887–1975) -- 10. Sumner Huber Slichter (1892–1959) -- 11. Edward S. Mason (1899–1992) -- 12. Edward H. Chamberlin (1899–1967) -- 13. Gottfried Haberler (1900–1995) -- 14. Alexander Gerschenkron (1904–1978) -- 15. Wassily W. Leontief (1905–1999) -- 16. John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006) -- 17. Richard A. Musgrave (1910–2007) -- 18. Abram Bergson (1914–2003) -- 19. John T. Dunlop (1914–2003) -- 20. James Duesenberry (1918–2009) -- 21. David S. Landes (1924–2013) -- 22. Hendrik S. Houthakker (1924–2008) -- 23. Otto Eckstein (1927–1984) -- 24. Zvi Griliches (1930–1999) -- 25. Dale W. Jorgenson (1933–2022) -- 26. Dwight Heald Perkins (1934–) -- 27. Martin Feldstein (1939–2019) -- 28. Joseph P. Newhouse (1942–) -- 29. Martin L. Weitzman (1942–2019) -- 30. Richard B. Freeman (1943–) -- 31. Benjamin M. Friedman (1944–) -- 32. Robert J. Barro (1944–) -- 33. Elhanan Helpman (1946–) -- 34. Claudia Goldin (1946–) -- 35. Jerry R. Green (1946–) -- 36. James L. Medoff (1947–2012) -- 37. Robert N. Stavins (1948–) -- 38. Oliver Hart (1948–) -- 39. Eric S. Maskin (1950–) -- 40. Jeffrey D. Sachs (1954–) -- 41. Alberto Alesina (1957–2020) -- 42. N. Gregory Mankiw (1958–) -- 43. Lawrence F. Katz (1959–) -- 44. Michael R. Kremer (1964–).

Harvard University has been and continues to be one of the most important global centres for economics. With three chapters on themes in Harvard economics and 41 chapters on the lives and work of Harvard economists, these two volumes show how economics became established at the University, how it produced some of the world’s best-known economists, including Joseph Schumpeter, Wassily Leontief and John Kenneth Galbraith, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, the volumes provide economists – especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought – with an in-depth analysis of Harvard economics. Robert A. Cord holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and his areas of interest include the history of economic thought and, within this, the history of macroeconomics. His publications include Reinterpreting the Keynesian Revolution (2012), Milton Friedman: Contributions to Economics and Public Policy (co-editor; 2016) and The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics (editor; 2022).