The Worldly Philosophers (Business Library)
ISBN:
9780140136685 (0140136681)
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Academic,
School,
Reference,
Literature,
20th Century,
Economics,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Social Science,
Theory
This is an impressive and engaging summary of the lives and ideas of the major economists from Adam Smith through Joseph Schumpeter, covering both the people you would expect (Ricardo, Keynes) and some people you would not. Heilbroner is a refreshing guide because he both has a historical sense of e...
Nutshell: cold warrior burps up whirlwind dilettante's tour of the chrematistical arts.Overall presents an affective dialectic, positioning various theorists of political economy in relationship to each other on the basis of how they feel about the future. Smith is pragmatically optimistic; Malthus ...
A friend at lawschool recommended this book to me after I had decided to read the works of Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes in the hope that I could glean some ideas on how to become wealthy. My belief was that wealth lay in understanding the basics of economics, and when it came to economics, I b...
Now I find another must-own. This is truly a model for non-fiction [of my taste]. This is the quality that I expect to find in every non-fic.The Worldly Philosophers first of all is educational, very illuminating. I am not yet an expert to evaluate the author's interpretation of great men's ideas, a...
Read and enjoyed many decades ago.
12 years ago
Log in with Facebook 
 by Robert L. Heilbroner, now listed on BookLikes)