A Life Against the Grain

by Simon, Julian L.; Simon, Rita James

• ISBN13: 9780765800732
• ISBN10: 076580073X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Transaction Pub

Summary

In his long and distinguished career as a writer and scholar Julian Simon came to be known as one of the leading -- and most controversial -- authorities on population economics. An immensely productive writer, his work is unified by a basic core belief: that human intellect and ingenuity are ever-renewable resources in the use and preservation of natural resources. Inevitably, Simon's position provoked the hostility of doctrinaire environmentalists, both in academia and in the movement at large. However, Simon's arguments were invariably built from facts and powerful evidence that stood him well in many high-profile public debates.

The first part of Simon's autobiography takes the reader through his childhood, his years as a midshipman and then as an officer in the Navy, plus a stint in the Marines, and his experiences as a copywriter in an advertising firm. Simon's plan after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago was to be an entrepreneur, which would afford him enough money to care for his parents and allow him free time for writing fiction. H

Author Biography

Julian L. Simon was professor of business administration at the University of Maryland

Table of Contents

Comment	vii
Preface	ix
Newark, New Jersey: 1932--1937	1	(16)
Newark, 1937--1941: Old Enough for School	17	(10)
The Family I Come From	27	(18)
Millburn I: Until High School, 1941--1945	45	(18)
Millburn II: Until High School, 1941--1945	63	(12)
High School Years in Millburn	75	(18)
My Mind as a Young Person	93	(6)
On the Job as a Kid	99	(4)
College	103	(16)
College Summers and Midshipman Cruises	119	(10)
In the Fleet	129	(18)
Troopin' and Stompin' with the Girenes	147	(14)
Working in the Advertising Business	161	(14)
Chicago and the University of Chicago: I	175	(10)
The University of Chicago: II	185	(6)
In and Out of the Mail-Order Business	191	(10)
Urbana and the University of Illinois I: Starting 1963	201	(14)
Teaching at the University	215	(8)
Research 1963--1967: Advertising Economics, Research Methods, and Other Topics	223	(14)
Research on Population Economics	237	(22)
Reaching the Public with Facts about Population and Resources	259	(10)
Philosophical Analyses of Basic Conceptual Issues: Casuality	269	(8)
The Joy of Studying Immigration	277	(12)
The Airline Oversales Auction System	289	(8)
My Depression and the Theory of Negative Self-Comparisons: The Story	297	(18)
Why do so Few Nonreligious (and Religious) People Enjoy a Sabbath?	315	(8)
How did My Economics Get to be What It Is?	323	(16)
This I Believe: Values and Attitudes	339	(8)
Index	347