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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a good book to have on hand when writing about or discussing the ideas that are attributed to the economic theorists included in this book. While no substitute for reading the whole thing of each text, this book has excerpts of the main texts from Smith, Malthus, Mill, Veblen, Marx, and a few other key philosophers who helped shape economic theory as we know it today. Having these authors all in one book is handy, regardless of whether one agrees with Heilbroner in his interpretation of these philosophers' texts. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Author of The Worldly Philosophers, a 3-million-copy seller, Robert Heilbroner offers here a compendium of readings from the "worldly philosophers" themselves. The selections range from the earliest economic thought to such towering volumes as Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy, and John Maynard Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Acting as "a docent, not merely an editor," he takes the reader through the core arguments with "brilliantly clear commentary" (New York Times Book Review). No library descriptions found. |
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