"Provides an accessible introduction to the major economic thinkers of the past 225 years - including little-known and often amusing facts about their personal lives"--Publisher description
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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"Provides an accessible introduction to the major economic thinkers of the past 225 years - including little-known and often amusing facts about their personal lives"--Publisher description
It all started with AdamThe French connection: laissez faire avance!The irreverent Malthus challenges the new model of prosperityTricky Ricardo takes economics down a dangerous roadMilling around: John Stuart Mill and the Socialists search for UtopiaMarx madness plunges economics in to a New Dark AgeOut of the blue Danube: Menger and the Austrians reverse the tideMarshalling the troops: Scientific economics comes of ageGo West, young man: Americans solve the distribution problem in economicsThe conspicuous Veblen versus the protesting Weber: Two critics debate the meaning of CapitalismThe Fisher King tries to catch the missing link in macroeconomicsThe missing Mises: Mises (and Wicksell) make a major breakthroughThe Keynes mutiny: Capitalism faces its greatest challengePaul raises the Keynesian cross: Samuelson and modern economicsMilton's Paradise: Friedman leads a monetary counterrevolutionThe creative destruction of Socialism: The dark vision of Joseph SchumpeterDr. Smith goes to Washington: The near triumph of market economics.
