In this collection of autobiographical essays, 26 prominent scholars detail their professional development, while offering insight into their lives and philosophies. With candor and humor they relate how they came to the field of economics, as well as how their views have evolved over the years.

Global warming is a phenomenon to which the conceptual framework and analytical apparatuses of game theory may be appropriately applied. We regard global warming as a cooperative game and examine the conditions under which the core of the global warming game is nonempty. Copyright Springer Japan...