The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers

Type

Book

Authors

Heilbroner, Robert L.

ISBN 10

067163318X

ISBN 13

9780671633189

Tags

Economic History, Theory

Abstract

"The Worldly Philosophers is one of the bestselling economics books of all time. For more than half a century, it has not only enabled us to see more deeply into our history but helped us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner unearths a theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas-- namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works."--Back cover.

Biblio Notes

Genre/Form: Biographies
History
Biographie
Biography
Named Person: Yun hwan Gim
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert L Heilbroner
ISBN: 068486214X 9780684862149
OCLC Number: 40762647
Notes: "A Touchstone book."
Description: 365 pages ; 22 cm
Contents: The economic revolution --
The wonderful world of Adam Smith --
The gloomy presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo --
The dreams of the utopian socialists --
The inexorable system of Karl Marx --
The Victorian world and the underworld of economics --
The savage society of Thorstein Veblen --
The heresies of John Maynard Keynes --
The contradictions of Joseph Schumpeter --
The end of the worldly philosophy?
Responsibility: Robert L. Heilbroner.

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