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Toward a Better World: Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

by Gerald (Gerry) Helleiner
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Toward a Better World: Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics
Toward a Better World: Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

Economist’s firsthand fight against global poverty

This is a thoughtful, grounded memoir for anyone curious about how economics meets real lives and real policy. Helleiner brings you behind the scenes of African fieldwork and major international meetings, so it feels both personal and historically revealing. Readers who like reflective life stories with big-world stakes will find it honest, idealistic, and refreshingly unvarnished.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Toward a Better World: Memoirs of a Life in International and Development Economics

by Gerald (Gerry) Helleiner
$11.90
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ISBN: 9781487502218
Authors: Gerald (Gerry) Helleiner
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Date of Publication: 2018-01-23
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Economics, Politics
Related Topics: Finance, Political Science, Sociology, Politics, Memoir, Society, Social Science, Biography, Biography Memoir
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Toward a Better World describes the life, times, and perspectives of Gerry Helleiner, a Canadian activist and university-based economist who worked for roughly 40 years with developing countries and international organizations. In his memoir, Toward a Better World, Helleiner recounts profound early experiences in Africa that propelled him into a career devoted to research, policy advice, and teaching in international economics, economic development, and global poverty reduction. Describing himself as privileged, Helleiner recounts his early life as a young academic, having first landed in Africa in the 1960s for research for Yale University. Detailing both successes and setbacks, frustrations and hopes, Helleiner conveys his often difficult, yet transformative, experiences in Nigeria and Tanzania, missions in Uganda and South Africa, and his observations of the efforts being made toward poverty alleviation in international organizations. Providing a lively behind-the-scenes account of multilateral economic meetings from the 1970s through the 1990s, Helleiner discusses his engagement with economic policymakers, his views often challenging common practice. In Toward a Better World, Helleiner speaks to his early motivation as a young man in Africa, and his lifework as a practicing economist determined to make a positive impact in addressing global poverty.
 

Economist’s firsthand fight against global poverty

This is a thoughtful, grounded memoir for anyone curious about how economics meets real lives and real policy. Helleiner brings you behind the scenes of African fieldwork and major international meetings, so it feels both personal and historically revealing. Readers who like reflective life stories with big-world stakes will find it honest, idealistic, and refreshingly unvarnished.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.