Book contents
- Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise
- Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
- Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures/Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Becoming an Economic Expert
- 1 The Construction of Peace
- 2 A Progressive Education
- 3 The Bourgeois Socialist
- 4 From Ehrenfest to the Econometric Society
- 5 Hendrik de Man and Jan Tinbergen
- 6 Macro-dynamics and the Problem of Unemployment
- 7 The Rise of the People’s Party (Volkspartei) and the Economics of the General Interest
- Part II The Years of High Expertise
- Part III Global Expertise
- Part IV The Limits of Expertise
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
1 - The Construction of Peace
from Part I - Becoming an Economic Expert
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2021
- Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise
- Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
- Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures/Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Becoming an Economic Expert
- 1 The Construction of Peace
- 2 A Progressive Education
- 3 The Bourgeois Socialist
- 4 From Ehrenfest to the Econometric Society
- 5 Hendrik de Man and Jan Tinbergen
- 6 Macro-dynamics and the Problem of Unemployment
- 7 The Rise of the People’s Party (Volkspartei) and the Economics of the General Interest
- Part II The Years of High Expertise
- Part III Global Expertise
- Part IV The Limits of Expertise
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series page
Summary
Chapter 1 uses the construction of the Peace Palace in The Hague around 1910 as metaphor for his intellectual project. The Peace Palace was the tangible outcome of two consecutive international conferences on international law in Tinbergen’s birthplace. The conferences were an initiative of nineteenth-century imperial powers, but provided an important impetus to the international legal, and later economic, order that would come to characterize the twentieth century. In a similar way Tinbergen’s work is marked by a tension between older nineteenth-century historical state-centered perspectives on the economy and modern twentieth-century techniques and scientific tools. The theme of peace and the construction of an international order were central to Tinbergen’s intellectual project. And like the Peace Palace, his project was characterized by a tension between high-minded idealism and political realities. Most importantly, the city of The Hague as diplomatic center in a small country, dependent on international trade and peace, provides a helpful lens through which to understand Tinbergen’s oeuvre.
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