ABSTRACT
The world of Eli Ginzberg can readily be thought of as a triptych-a career in three parts. In his early years, Ginzberg's work was dedicated to understanding the history of economics, from Adam Smith to Wesley Clair Mitchell, and placing that understanding in what might well be thought of as economic ethnography. The second period, which commenced with Eisenhower's election as president in 1953, corresponds to Ginzberg's increasing involvement in the practice of economics, in issues related to manpower allocation, employment shifts, gender and racial changes in the workforce, and a growing concern for child welfare and education. Within the triptych is a unified and singular person. Eli Ginzberg from the start possessed a strong sense of social justice and economic equality grounded in a Judaic-Christian tradition. In his third career period, good fortune to have supervised a Festschriften Series for Transaction that now includes twenty-four volumes of tribute.
