New ideas from dead economists : the introduction to modern economic thought /
Buchholz, Todd G.,
New ideas from dead economists : the introduction to modern economic thought / Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein - Completely revised and updated, 4th edition - xxiii, 436 pages ; 21 cm
Revised edition of the author's New ideas from dead economists, ℗♭2007
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-424) and index
Foreword / Martin Feldstein -- 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
"An entertaining and accessible introduction to great economic thinkers throughout history, now in its fourth edition, with updates and commentary on the 2020 "great cessation," Trump and Obama economic policies, the dominance of Amazon, and many other timely topics"--
9780593183540 0593183541
40031548828
2020041051
Economists--Biography
Economics--History
Biographies.
HB76 / .B83 2021
330.0922
New ideas from dead economists : the introduction to modern economic thought / Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein - Completely revised and updated, 4th edition - xxiii, 436 pages ; 21 cm
Revised edition of the author's New ideas from dead economists, ℗♭2007
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-424) and index
Foreword / Martin Feldstein -- 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
"An entertaining and accessible introduction to great economic thinkers throughout history, now in its fourth edition, with updates and commentary on the 2020 "great cessation," Trump and Obama economic policies, the dominance of Amazon, and many other timely topics"--
9780593183540 0593183541
40031548828
2020041051
Economists--Biography
Economics--History
Biographies.
HB76 / .B83 2021
330.0922