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Forty good years.(LOOKING BACK)
BACK in 1965, in New York, my old friend Daniel Bell, then a professor of sociology at Columbia University, and I, then vice-president of the publishing firm Basic Books, were deeply troubled. The source of our discomfort was the mode of thought that was beginning to dominate political and social discourse in and outside of academia--an ideological mode that made nonsense of the existential reality of American life.
One of the most egregious examples of this ideological nonsense, popular among sociologists and dramatized by the press, was the idea that the way for the poor to escape from poverty was to organize to "fight city hall" and "gain power." This seemed ...
- Pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson to be Rensselaer's Commencement...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 7, 2003 700+ words
...Nobel Prize winners Richard Smalley and Robert Solow, Philanthropist Morris "Marty" Silverman...honorary degrees on Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Richard Smalley, philanthropist...Rensselaer's Honorary Degree Recipients: Robert Solow Robert Solow, professor ...
- Robert Solow is eighth member of MIT faculty to win Nobel Prize.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 21, 1987 700+ words
ROBERT SOLOW IS EIGHTH MEMBER OF MIT FACULTY TO WIN NOBEL PRIZE CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT Institute Professor Robert...
- M.I.T. Economist Robert Solow Wins Nobel for Study of Growth
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post John M. Berry October 22, 1987 700+ words
Robert M. Solow, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, yesterday was awarded the Nobel Prize for economics for his work in determining the sources of economic growth. Solow, 63, is a witty, engaging man held in unusually high regard by other economists not only for his analytic
- Sen-sational EXACTLY 200 years after Thomas Malthus predicted starvation caused...
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) October 17, 1998 700+ words
In his 1981 book "Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation", Mr Sen challenged the prevailing wisdom that declining food supply is the most important cause of famine. Why, Mr Sen asked, has famine often occurred in countries where the supply of food per head is no lower than in
- A human capital policy for the cities.
- Magazine article from: Public Interest Glazer, Nathan June 22, 1993 700+ words
...Thinking for a Living, by Ray Marshall and Marc Tucker (Basic Books, 1992), Made in America: Regaining the Competitive Edge, by Michael Dertouzos, Richard K. Lester and Robert Solow (MIT Press, 1989)--Solow was the witness who opened...
- Size matters.
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Shapiro, Robert J. December 1, 2002 700+ words
...and How We Can Get Them Working Again by Jeffrey Madrick Basic Books, $26.00 JEFFREY MADRICK'S Why Economies Grow is a short...capital, growth should accelerate. Following the work of Robert Solow (who received the Nobel Prize for his effort) and Edward...
- For authors, a basic need. (Basic Books Inc.)
- Magazine article from: Current Yardley, Jonathan September 1, 1997 700+ words
The impending demise of Basic Books, as reported last week by the...or suited, for it. The news of Basic Books' elimination as a semi-independent...immediate reply was, "Have you tried Basic Books?" There you have it. Basic Books...
- Basic Books.(The End of the Certain World: The Life and Science of Max Born,...
- Magazine article from: The Bookwatch July 1, 2005 700+ words
Basic Books 387 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016 www.perseusbooks.com The lives of world scientists can be almost as insightful as reviews...
