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The Economists

by Leonard Solomon Silk

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Introduces the lives and principal ideas of five leading economists living today Paul Anthony Samualson, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Wassily Leontief and Kenneth E. Boulding.

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Languages: English
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Published: 1976
Genres: Economics, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature, History
DDC/MDS: 330.092
LCC: HB119 .A3 .S54

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