Leonid Hurwicz

"My interest had been in a broad class of situations, broader than the advanced industrial market economies, including situations in third world countries, and in countries attempting to have some kind…"

"Traditionally, economic analysis treats the economic system as one of the givens. The term "design" in the title is meant to stress that the structure of the economic system is to be regarded as an un…"

"There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn’t expect the recognition would come because people who were familiar with my work were …"

"My work in this area started around 1950 when I was still with the. I was writing a more or less expository paper dealing with activity analysis…and happened to use the term “decentralization,” which …"