The worldly philosophers : the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers / Robert L. Heilbroner.

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Heilbroner, Robert L

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TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1999.Edition: Rev. 7th edDescription: 365 p. : 22 cmISBN:

068486214X (pbk.)
9780684862149 (pbk.)

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Worldly philosophers : the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers

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330.0922 HEI B 23 001759

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Table of contents

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.

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"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343) and index.

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?

"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.

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