The adverse economic events following the First World War turned me toward economics.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I got into economics because I wanted to make things better for the average person.
In Oxford before the war, I had, with this interest in mind, written a short textbook entitled, An Introduction to Economic Analysis and Policy. It was now my intention to rewrite this work.
What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist.
World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy.
My main interest, however, was in economics, not law.
I think it would take a real stretch to think that I caused the problems with the economy.
I gravitated to economics because I'm interested in how people coordinate and collaborate with each other. Economics studies all the ways people get along with each other.
I entered economics because of a course I took on 'information economics,' which I found fascinating.
I was about to get a degree in economics when I accepted that I'd be a lousy businessman, and if I didn't give acting a try I'd regret it for the rest of my life.
I grew up in an era when money was not readily available. We were into the post-Depression years and World War II.