The worldly philosophers

the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.

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Robert Louis Heilbroner
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The worldly philosophers

the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.

  • 3.71 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 135 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
342

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The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers
August 10, 1999, Touchstone
Paperback in English - 7 Rev Sub edition
Cover of: The worldly philosophers
The worldly philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1980, Simon and Schuster, Simon & Schuster Books
in English - 5th ed., completely rev. for the 1980's.
Cover of: The worldly philosophers
The worldly philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1972, Simon and Schuster, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone
in English - 4th ed., completely rev. for the 1970's.
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Table of Contents

Introduction.
The economic revolution.
The wonderful world of Adam Smith.
The gloomy world of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo.
The beautiful world of the Utopian socialists.
The inexorable world of Karl Marx.
The Victorian world and the underworld of economics.
The savage world of Thorstein Veblen.
The sick world of John Maynard Keynes.
The modern world.
Beyond the economic revolution.
A guide to further reading (p. 320-326)

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Dewey Decimal Class
330.1
Library of Congress
HB76 .H4

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Pagination
342 p.
Number of pages
342

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6136918M
LCCN
53010871
Library Thing
3612

First Sentence

"This is a book about a handful of men with a curious claim to fame."

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