The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers, Seventh Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (597 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 068486214X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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KassieS said Interesting and informative.. I gave this book to my son who is really into economics and philosophy. He loved it. He thought it gave a great history of economic theory and has thanked me many times over for giving him this book.. Owen Cramer said Classic--could it be replaced?. I read an earlier edition in economics class around 1960. Coming back to it now revives the pleasure I then got from it but also raises questions about the chatty, biographical approach it takes to the momentous development of economic thinking including the utopian. Economics today is -- to me, an outsider -- confused and often wrong-headed (pushing austerity in a time of high unemployment, justifying endless t. Justin DeMaris said A Mind Changing Read. This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of a selected subset of economic thinkers from the past centuries through today. If you don't already have an in depth knowledge of economics history, prepare to change how you view money and growth. Even if you are experienced in economic history, the final chapter presents a moving goal for economics within the coming decades.
The Worldly Philosophers gives us a clear understanding of the economic ideas that influence us whether or not we have read the great economic thinkers.”—Lester Thurow“Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith inspired several readers to become Nobel laureates in biology. “A brilliant achievement.”—John Kenneth Galbraith“If ever a book answered a crying need, this one does. Here is all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish by a man who writes with immense vigor and skill, who has a rare gift for simplifying complexities.”—The New York Times“Robert Heilbroner's The Worldly Philosophers is a living classic, both beca
. Heilbroner is the Norman Thomas Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at The New School for Social Research and is the author of more than twenty books. Robert L. He lives in New York City
Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future.. This chapter conveys a concern that today’s increasingly “scientific” economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. The bestselling classic that examines the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx—“all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish” (The New York Times).The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. In this seventh edition, Robert L. The theme is the co