Macroeconomics would not be what it is today without Edmund Phelps. This book assembles the field's leading figures to highlight the continuing influence of his ideas from the past four decades. Addressing the most important current debates in macroeconomic theory, it focuses on the rates at...

"In this engaging and fascinating memoir, Ned Phelps not only recounts the endeavors of how he reshaped the field, it details the relationships he formed with influential economists like Paul Samuelson, with philosophers like John Rawls, and eminent artistic figures of the 20th centuries....