The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers

ISBN-13: 9781032023212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 504 str.

Mark Skousen

Opis

The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers examines the role of the economist, the science of economics and economic theory.

Recenzje

"The most interesting and lively book on the history of economic thought ever written." - Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College, UK.

"My students love it. Skousen makes the history of economics come alive like no other textbook." - Roger W. Garrison, Auburn University, USA.

Spis treści

1. It all started with Adam 2. The French Connection: Laissez Faire Avance! 3. The Irreverent Malthus Challenges the New Model of Prosperity 4. Tricky Ricardo Takes Economics Down a Dangerous Road 5. Milling Around: John Stuart Mill and the Socialists Search for Utopia 6. Marx Madness Plunges Economics into a New Dark Age 7. Out of the Blue Danube: Menger and the Austrians Reverse the Tide 8. Marshalling the Troops: Scientific Economics Comes of Age 9. Go West, Young Man: Americans Solve the Distribution Problem in Economics 10. The Conspicuous Veblen Versus the Protesting Weber: Two Critics Debate the Meaning of Capitalism 11. The Fisher King tried to Catch the Missing Link in Macroeconomics 12. The Missing Mises: Mises (and Wicksell) Make a Major Breakthrough 13. The Keynes Mutiny: Capitalism Faces Its Greatest Challenge 14. Paul Raises the Keynesian Cross: Samuelson and Modern Economics 15. Milton's Paradise: Friedman Leads a Monetary Counterrevolution 16. The Creative Destruction of Socialism: The Dark Vision of Joseph Schumpeter 17. Dr. Smith Goes to Washington: Market Economies Face New Challenges