Acknowledgements

Prologue

1. 1939, sierpie¿/août/August

2. Born a Refugee

3. Now or Never

4. Home Safe?

5. Get an Education!

6. The Miracle

7. Hurwicz Home School

8. Crisis, Coup, Catastrophe

9. Astrophysics, Chopin and Jazz

10. Economics and Einstein

11. Socialist Calculation

12. Brown Shirts and Ghetto Benches

13. Graduation Getaway

14. Math, Models and Mechanisms

15. Government Intervention

16. A Lifeline

17. Hurwiczes on the Run

18. An Intellectual Warrior at the School for Peace

19. Leo Hurwicz: ¿Excess Foreign Population¿

20. Geneva to Chicago by Way of Locarno, Barcelona and Lisbon

21. Chicago and MIT

22. Surprise Attack

23. Honey

24. A Little Bit Unruly

25. The Great Book Review

26. A Slow and Difficult Process

27. Just a Closer Walk with Stan

28. Blood, Fire, Smoke, Exile and Human Kindness

29. Mechanism Design: Development and Recognition

Appendix A. Leös Memorial

Appendix B. A Celebration of Leo's 90th Birthday, Held at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Avenue South, in Minneapolis on April 14, 2007

Appendix C. The Theory of Economic Behavior, by Leonid Hurwicz

Appendix D. The Hurwicz Criterion

Appendix E. Edited transcript of 2007 interview with Leo, conducted by the author

Appendix F. A Timeline of the Life of Leo Hurwicz

Appendix G. What Is Mechanism Design?