The history and development of the American Economic Association is the subject of this interview with A. W. Coats and Craufurd Goodwin. How did the theory and practice of economics develop in the United States? What are its historical and ideological underpinnings, and how have these evolved into the 1980s?
At the time of this interview, Coats, a Fellow at the National Humanities Center (1983-84), was professor of economics at the University of Nottingham. Goodwin was professor of economics at Duke University.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
