The authors of this biography of German-born, Oxford-educated, and proudly Australian economist Heinz Wolfgang Arndt include a student and a daughter of the subject. The book traces his family's flight from Nazi Germany through his move to the Australian National University, from where he engaged with Indonesia to study its economy, developing theories that contributed to the economic development styles of that, and other Asian countries. This book is distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)