Autobiography

While IAS officers write primarily about their own exploits, IFS officers write more about the issues and context of their work, while straying also into unrelated fields, notes T N Ninan

Diamond tycoon Govind Dholakia has come out with a tongue-in-cheek account of his journey of life, recalling how he created a billion-dollar company

Why do latter-day economists write everything but economics in their autobiographies?

Burns prints lessons derived from her formidable mother throughout her memoir, and she isolates the six key takeaways on the final page.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has a book deal. His autobiography, currently untitled, is scheduled to come out in 2023. "I am grateful to have the opportunity to tell the story of my life in public service to the American people, from serving in Congress, to the Indiana Governor's office and as Vice President of the United States," Pence said in a statement. "I look forward to working with the outstanding team at Simon & Schuster to invite readers on a journey from a small town in Indiana to Washington, DC." According to Pence's agent, David Vigliano, "all major publishers competed for the book, and the deal was worth well into seven figures." A top editor from a rival publishing house confirmed that amount. The editor was not authorized to discuss negotiations and asked not to be identified. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that it also signed Pence to a second book but did not immediately provide details. Pence is the first major Trump administration official to have .

Politicians, civil servants, judges, and economists, they are all involved in either devising public policy or implementing it

Indian academic economists are no better. To the best of my knowledge none of them has written an autobiography