The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers Paperback - 1999
by Robert L. Heilbroner
The final and most profound revision of this classic bestseller defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them.
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This is a book about a handful of men with a curious claim to fame.
From the rear cover
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 new 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. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines.
In a bold new concluding chapter entitled "The End of the Worldly Philosophy?" Heilbroner reminds us that the word "end" refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly "scientific" economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future.
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- Title The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers
- Author Robert L. Heilbroner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 7th Revised
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
- Date 1999-08-10
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780684862149 / 068486214X
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.42 x 5.58 x 0.87 in (21.39 x 14.17 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress subjects Economics - History, Economists
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99014050
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 25
- Publishers Weekly, 07/19/1999, Page 178
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