The great economists : ten economists whose thinking changed the way we live

The great economists ten economists whose thinking changed the way we live

The Great Economists succinctly and accurately describes the thinking of the world’s leading economic thinkers. It captures their key beliefs, explores their backgrounds, assesses their thinking and evaluates their legacy. It explains the schools of thought named after them and clearly shows how the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Thornton, Phil (Business writer), author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Harlow, England : Pearson [2014]
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Economists > Biography.
Economics > History.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628195106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the author
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Adam Smith - the 'founding father' of economics
  • Chapter 2: David Ricardo - from immigrant to gentleman
  • Chapter 3: Karl Marx - the fallen hero?
  • Chapter 4: Alfred Marshall - microeconomics arrives
  • Chapter 5: John Maynard Keynes - the rise, fall, rise ... and fall
  • Chapter 6: Friedrich Hayek - the archetypal libertarian
  • Chapter 7: Milton Friedman - father of monetarism
  • Chapter 8: Paul Samuelson - the neoclassical synthesist
  • Chapter 9: Gary Becker - economics in the real world
  • Chapter 10: Daniel Kahneman - economic psychologist
  • Index.

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