Product Details
ISBN: 9780140290066
Category: Economic Theory & Philosophy
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2000-05-25
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 368
Pagination: 368 pages
Dimensions (mm): 198x129x16mm
Weight: 254g
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers
The final revision of this classic bestseller, the 7th edition defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them. Hailed by Galbraith as a brilliant achievement , The Worldly Philosophers with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, not only enables us to see more deeply into our history, but helps us to better understand our own times. Heilbroner provides the new theme that connects thinkers as different as Adam Smith and Karl Marx: the desire to understand how a capitalist society works. A new chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly scientific economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics.