The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers

The Worldly Philosophers

The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers

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Robert L. Heilbroner
Robert L. Heilbroner
1953 • 368 pages

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Intellectual 10,000 foot view of the history of economics. I read the 5th edition (1978) and it was amusing to see how the concerns of the last two chapters are no longer relevant. I'd be curious to see if he changed it in later editions.

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