| Description |
365 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
I. Introduction -- II. The Economic Revolution -- III. The Wonderful World of Adam Smith -- IV. The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo -- V. The Dreams of the Utopian Socialists -- VI. The Inexorable System of Karl Marx -- VII. The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics -- VIII. The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen -- IX. The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes -- X. The Contradictions of Joseph Schumpeter -- XI. The End of the Worldly Philosophy? |
| Summary |
"The Worldly Philosophers is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a view 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A Touchstone book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index |
| Subject |
Economics -- History.
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Economists -- Biography.
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| LC no. |
99014050 |
| ISBN |
068486214X paperback |
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9780684862149 paperback |
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