Buchholz, Todd G.
New York : Plume, c2007.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: The plight of the economist — The second coming of Adam Smith — Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom — David Ricardo and the cry for free trade — The stormy mind of John Stuart Mill — The angry oracle called Karl Marx — Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind — Old and new institutionalists — Keynes : bon vivant as savior — Milton Friedman and the monetarist battle against Keynes — The Public Choice school : politics as a business — The wild world of rational expectations and behavioral economics — Dark clouds, silver linings.
- A reexamination of the major economic theories of the past two hundred years discusses how long-dead, famous economists such as Adam Smith and others would handle today’s economic problems.
Subjects:
- Economists — Biography.
- Economics — History.
- Economics — History. sears
- Economists — Biography. sears
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