The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of Great Thinkers

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Routledge, 2015 M01 28 - 512 páginas
Here is a bold history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. Noted financial writer and economist Mark Skousen has revised and updated this popular work to provide more material on Adam Smith and Karl Marx, and expanded coverage of Joseph Stiglitz, 'imperfect' markets, and behavioral economics.This comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers of the past 225 years begins with Adam Smith and continues through the present day. The text examines the contributions made by each individual to our understanding of the role of the economist, the science of economics, and economic theory. To make the work more engaging, boxes in each chapter highlight little-known - and often amusing - facts about the economists' personal lives that affected their work.

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List of Figures Illustrations Photographs
List of Figures Illustrations Photographs and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction
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It All Started with Adam
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The Irreverent Malthus Challenges the New Model of Prosperity
Tricky Ricardo Takes Economics Down a Dangerous Road
John Stuart Mill and the Socialists Search for Utopia
Two Critics Debate the Meaning of Capitalism
The Fisher King Tries to Catch the Missing Link in Macroeconomics
Mises and Wicksell Make a Major Breakthrough
Capitalism Faces Its Greatest Challenge
Samuelson and Modern Economics
Friedman Leads a Monetary Counterrevolution
The Dark Vision of Joseph Schumpeter
The Near Triumph of Market Economics

Talents and Emotions to the Shape of the Head
Menger and the Austrians Reverse the Tide
Scientific Economics Comes of
Americans Solve the Distribution Problem in Economics
Index About the Author
Illustrations
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