Political Economy, Politics and Religion: Intertwined and Indissoluble Passions (1998)

Geoffrey Harcourt

Chapter 2 in On Skidelsky’s Keynes and Other Essays, 2012, pp 59-84 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract When I returned to Cambridge at the end of August 1997 after two terms of leave in my native Australia, I was delighted to find waiting for me a letter from Professor Szenberg asking me to contribute to his ongoing series on the life philosophies of economists. In recent years I have written a number of essays which circle around this theme. His request gave me the opportunity to bring the various strands together and, it is hoped, into focus. Let me begin at the beginning. I was born in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1931 at the height of the Great Depression, the younger of twin sons of Marjorie and Kenneth Harcourt. According to family lore, I was not expected. The doctor had packed his bag after delivering my brother, John, in the double bed of the home in which John still lives, when the midwife alerted the doctor to my presence, a presence he initially was reluctant to accept. Following a breach birth I spent my first minutes with no clothes on, until my grandmother was contacted to bring some spares. This experience may have something to do with my hedonism in later life.

Keywords: Political Economy; Trade Cycle; Intellectual Biography; Arbitration Commission; Equitable Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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