{"product_id":"leonid-hurwicz-intelligent-designer-h-1","title":"Leonid Hurwicz: Intelligent Designer : H","description":"\u003cdiv _ngcontent-cxn-c175=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A fascinating, exciting story.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e— Sylvia Nasar, author of \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;\"\u003eWhile still in his early 20s, and under Hitler''s shadow, Leonid “Leo” Hurwicz (1917-2008) left his home in Warsaw, Poland, seeking safety and a degree at the London School of Economics.  The following years, while challenging and potentially life-threatening, contained the seeds of a lifelong intellectual adventure.  Leo''s story is personal (born a refugee, precarious war years for himself and his Polish-Jewish family, a new life in America), global (revolutions, wars, depressions), ideological  (socialism, capitalism, economic planning, free markets) and professional (a sixty-year career as a professor of economics leading ultimately to a Nobel Prize).  This book tells his story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"walkme-icon-root-SmartTip-912627 walkme-not-embed\" style=\"position: relative; display: inline-block; float: left; zoom: 1; cursor: pointer;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"SkipThisFixedPosition walkme-custom-icon-outer-div walkme-icon-position-smartTip-id-912627\" style=\"position: absolute; display: inline; left: 76px; top: -150px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306645397886,"sku":"NW9798887191348","price":16.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798887191348.jpg?v=1778520269","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/leonid-hurwicz-intelligent-designer-h-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}