During the last half century, Albert O. Hirschman has redefined the scope and limits of political economy. His contributions, as both a scholar and an economic advisor, have definitively shaped an innovative program for social change and economic development.
Crossing Boundaries, a collection of Hirschmanâs most recent writings, forges new and unforeseen connections between the past and the present, between intellectual life and lived experience. With astonishing frankness and humor, Hirschman recounts some of the most compelling and formative moments of his life that have influenced his thinking about economic and social development, democracy and capitalism. He also reconsiders the key terms of his scholarship â concepts he is constantly rethinking, subverting, and reinventing.
**Albert Otto Hirschman** (* 7th April 1915 in Berlin; by birth: *Otto Albert Hirschmann*) is a U.S. sociologist and economist of German-Jewish descent.
During the last half century, Albert O. Hirschman has redefined the scope and limits of political economy. His contributions, as both a scholar and an economic advisor, have definitively shaped an innovative program for social change and economic development.
Crossing Boundaries, a collection of Hirschmanâs most recent writings, forges new and unforeseen connections between the past and the present, between intellectual life and lived experience. With astonishing frankness and humor, Hirschman recounts some of the most compelling and formative moments of his life that have influenced his thinking about economic and social development, democracy and capitalism. He also reconsiders the key terms of his scholarship â concepts he is constantly rethinking, subverting, and reinventing.
**Albert Otto Hirschman** (* 7th April 1915 in Berlin; by birth: *Otto Albert Hirschmann*) is a U.S. sociologist and economist of German-Jewish descent.