The Academic Scribblers
Third Edition
Princeton University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 4. October 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-691-05986-0 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers a thoughtful summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of 12 major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. The book picks up where Robert Heilbroner's "The Worldly Philosophers" leaves off, and brings the story of modern American and British economic theory up to the 1980s. It presents a summary of modern economic policy debate and an enticement into the "dismal science" of economics.
Reviews / Votes
"As a guide to the intellectual origins of many hotly debated current and proposed economic policies, The Academic Scribblers is an outstanding success."---J. Bernard Burnham, National Review "Even to try to survey so much is commendable and the authors have done more. They take the reader through the ideas of the twelve in a way that shows that they are competent theorists themselves."---William D. Grampp, The American Political Science Review "[The Academic Scribblers] is a compact, lucid survey of the ideas of an even dozen British and American economists.... A splendid book. It should be read by every undergraduate student of economics."---William H. Miernyk, Social Science QuarterlyMore details
Series
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 197 mm
Weight
425 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-05986-0 (9780691059860)
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William Breit
Academic Scribblers
Book
01/1982
Dryden Press
€34.82
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