New ideas from dead economists : the introduction to modern economic thought / Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchholz, Todd G., author.

Contributor:

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economists--Biography.

Economists.

Economics--History.

Economics.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 436 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Completely revised and updated, 4th edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Plume, Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Introduction: The Plight of the Economist

II. The Second Coming of Adam Smith

III. Malthus: Prophet of Doom and Population Boom

IV. David Ricardo and the Cry for Free Trade

V. The Stormy Mind of John Stuart Mill

VI. The Angry Oracle Called Karl Marx

VII. Alfred Marshall and the Marginalist Mind

VIII. Old and New Institutionalists

IX. Keynes: Bon Vivant as Savior

X. Milton Friedman and the Monetarist Battle Against Keynes

XI. The Public Choice School: Politics as a Business

XII. The Wild World of Rational Expectations and Behavioral Economics

XIII. Dark Clouds, Silver Linings.

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's New ideas from dead economists, c2007.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-424) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Buchholz, Todd G., New ideas from dead economists

ISBN:

9780593183540

0593183541

OCLC:

1224591433

Publisher Number:

99992327331