Great Economists, The
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The Great Economists succinctly and accurately describes the thinking of the world's leading economic thinkers. It captures their key beliefs, explores their backgrounds, assesses their thinking and evaluates their legacy. It explains the schools of thought named after them and clearly shows how they influence our everyday lives.
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Phil Thornton is lead consultant at Clarity Economics, a consultancy and freelance writing service he set up after a 15-year career as a newspaper journalist. Before founding Clarity Economics he was Economics Correspondent at the Independent newspaper, a post he held for eight years. Phil is an award winning journalist, with a strong platform. His awards include Feature Journalist of the Year award in the Work World Media Awards, 2010 and Print Journalist of the Year Work World Media Awards, 2007
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About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Adam Smith - the 'founding father' of economics
Chapter 2 - David Ricardo - from immigrant to gentleman
Chapter 3 - Karl Marx - the fallen hero?
Chapter 4 - Alfred Marshall - microeconomics arrives
Chapter 5 - John Maynard Keynes - the rise, fall, rise . and fall
Chapter 6 - Friedrich Hayek - the archetypal libertarian
Chapter 7 - Milton Friedman - father of monetarism
Chapter 8 - Paul Samuelson - the neoclassical economist synthesist
Chapter 9 - Gary Becker - economics in the real world
Chapter 10 - Daniel Kahneman - economic psychologist