Harry Gordon Johnson - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1923-05-26 （Toronto, Ontario, Canada）
Died: 1977-05-09 （Geneva, Switzerland） age 53
Nationality: Canada
Languages: English
Religion: Unknown
Residence History: Toronto, Ontario, Canada → Cambridge, UK → Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA → Manchester, UK → Chicago, USA → London, UK → Geneva, Switzerland

Career

Occupations: Economist
Active Years: 1943-1977
Affiliations: University of Manchester, University of Chicago, London School of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Memberships: American Economic Association, Canadian Economics Association
Influenced By: Joseph Schumpeter, Harold Innis, Maurice Dobb
Influenced: James Tobin

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
University of Toronto	—	Economics and Law	BA	—	Canada
University of Cambridge (Jesus College)	—	Economics	BA	—	United Kingdom
University of Toronto	—	Economics	MA	—	Canada
Harvard University	—	Economics	PhD	—	United States

University of Toronto

Economics and Law

Degree: BA

Year of Graduation: 1943

Country: Canada

Studied law and economics

University of Cambridge (Jesus College)

Economics

Degree: BA

Country: United Kingdom

First-class BA under Maurice Dobb

University of Toronto

Economics

Degree: MA

Country: Canada

Harvard University

Economics

Degree: PhD

Country: United States

Doctoral advisor: James Duesenberry

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1976	Bernhard-Harms-Preis	—	—	Kiel Institute for the World Economy	Winner
1976	Order of Canada	—	—	Government of Canada	Officer
1977	Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association	—	—	American Economic Association	Awarded

Bernhard-Harms-Preis

1976

Organization: Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Result: Winner

Order of Canada

1976

Organization: Government of Canada

Result: Officer

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

1977

Organization: American Economic Association

Result: Awarded

Awards & Nominations

Innis-Gérin Medal 1 appearances

Edition 7 (1977) Winner

Works

Major Works

The Canadian Quandary: Economic Problems and Policies

1963 Economics

Discusses economic problems and policies in Canada.

Economic Policy

Essays in Monetary Economics

1969 Economics

Collection of essays on monetary economics.

Monetary Economics

Further Essays in Monetary Economics

1972 Economics

Further essays on monetary economics.

Monetarism

Bibliography

1953. Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation.
1958. Demand Theory Further Revised or Goods Are Goods.
1959. British Monetary Statistics.
1961. The 'General Theory' After Twenty-five Years.
1963. The Canadian Quandary: Economic Problems and Policies.
1969. Essays in Monetary Economics.
1971. The Keynesian Revolution and the Monetarist Counter-revolution.
1972. Further Essays in Monetary Economics.
1973. The Theory of Income Distribution.

Style & Themes

Literary Style: AnalyticalAcademic
Recurring Motifs: International TradeInternational FinanceMonetary Approach to Balance of Payments

Health

Stroke

49歳時（約1972年）

Impacted health after first stroke at age 49.
Stroke

53歳時（1977年）

Second stroke caused death at age 53.

Legacy

Dominated economics in the third quarter of the 20th century, called the 'Age of Johnson'. Contributed to Heckscher-Ohlin theory and founded monetary approach to balance of payments. Canadian Economics Association awards the Harry G. Johnson Prize annually.

Academic Societies

Canadian Economics Association

Quotes

For the economics profession throughout the world, the third quarter of this century was an Age of Johnson. ... It was his impact on his own profession ... that justifies calling the era his Age.

Source: James Tobin (1977)

Trivia

Hobby of wood carving; created thousands of statuettes.
Legend of writing papers on flights with a bottle of Southern Comfort.
Authored 526 professional articles and 41 books/pamphlets.