It is hardly possible to comment on the book as a whole. Apart from the introductory chapters by Hagemann and Krohn which give an overview of the circumstances of the emigration, its origins, consequences, and problems it contains a rather, haphazard, but very readable collection of papers with subjects obviously chosen freely by the authors, but all in some way or other pertinent to the title of the book. Seven papers provide reminiscences and autobiographical sketches (by Musgrave, Stolper, Singer, Arndt, Streeten, Kuczynski and Fanny Gino); four papers deal with the influence of individual scholars (Schumpeter by Seifert, Lederer/Esslinger, Alfred Weber/Nutzinger, Mitrany/Ambrosi); and the rest turns to specific groups, influences, and theoretical backgrounds (Public finance/Backhaus; the German business cycle discussion in the interwar period/Rühl; the role of the 'Kieler Schule'/Hagemann; the emigres and the mathematization of economics/Spiegel; the New School for Social Research/Mongiovi; emigres in Turkey/Buhbe; the decline of Austrian economics in the Netherlands/Haan and Plasmeijer; economics at the University of Vienna after 1920/Milford and Rosner; personnel policy at the Universities of Freiburg, Heidelberg and Tübingen after 1933/Brintzinger).

While the diversity of the papers does not permit a review of their differing details and perspectives it can be said that on the whole they fit into the generalizing and generalized picture of the two introductory chapters. They show - among many other things - that Samuelson's remark can be accepted because of a lively give and-take process that followed the immigration of the continental economists. While the Austrian economists with their Menger-orientated theoretical bias found it easier to fit into the ruling American traditions, the German economists with their heritage of the historical school and in many cases with a background of practical administrative experience provided something of a contrast programme to both the 'old' neoclassical and the 'new' Keynesian ideas which dominated the US academe. To some extent these economists - particularly those coming from Kiel and Frankfurt - found a home in the New School for Social Research where they could continue research along their traditional lines. But by and large a process of contacts and acculturation set in which proved fruitful for both sides. Following from their stronger historical-institutional background the German economists' influence was particularly marked in the fields of public finance and development economics.

I must apologize that the variety of the contributions forced me to write such a dry and superficial review of a book which is not only interesting to read but also in many places very entertaining. In order to make up for that dryness let me finish with a delightful Oxford anecdote contained in Paul Streeten's autobiographical sketch (though it has nothing to do with the subject under discussion). And here it goes: 'There is the story of the Oxford College that received a large private bequest. In the senior common room the fellows are discussing how the money should best be invested. The Bursar finally says, 'Well, let's invest in property. After all, property has served us well for the last thousand years'. Then the senior fellow chirps up and says: 'Yes, but you know the last thousand years have been exceptional'. (p. 205)"

Die Österreicher hätten sich den Amerikanern gegenüber arrogant und verschlossen gegeben, schreibt Krohn. Hayek zum Beispiel habe Machlup empfohlen, 'die Herren in Amerika ein wenig zu erziehen', woraufhin dieser lautstark über deren Unfähigkeit zum logischen Denken geklagt habe. Krohn bezeichnet solche Überheblichkeiten als 'eigentümliche Bunkermentalität, die die österreichische Schule von jeher ausgezeichnet' habe. Der Ökonom Eberhard Seifert greift diesen Faden auf: Daß Schumpeter zu seinen Lebzeiten in den Vereinigten Staaten keine 'Schule' gegründet habe, führt er auf dessen kauzige Art und bewußte Isolation zurück. ...

Nicht weniger als sechs Jahre hat die Überarbeitung der Beiträge in Anspruch genommen, die ursprünglich auf einer Hohenheimer Tagung als Reden gehalten worden sind. Doch die Mühe und das Warten haben sich gelohnt: Herausgekommen ist eine Fundgrube jüngeren dogmengeschichtlichen Wissens und reflektierter Lebenserfahrung. Das spannende und lehrreiche Buch bietet eine Fülle von Antworten - immer in angemessener Form, in großen Leitlinien wie im Verweis auf den Einzelfall."