An edition of The worldly philosophers (1953)

The Worldly Philosophers

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An edition of The worldly philosophers (1953)

The Worldly Philosophers

the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.

Revised edition

by Robert L. Heilbroner

★★★★ 4.4 (43 ratings)
323 Want to read
25 Currently reading
44 Have read

"The Worldly Philosophers is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a view theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas - namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works."--BOOK JACKET.

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1961

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Simon and Schuster

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Book Details

First Sentence

"This is a book about a handful of men with a curious claim to fame."

Preface to the Revised Edition

Page ix

I. Introduction

Page 1

II. The Economic Revolution

Page 6

III. The Wonderful World of Adam Smith

Page 28

IV. The Gloomy World of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo

Page 58

V. The Beautiful World of the Utopian Socialists

Page 85

V!. The Inexorable World of Karl Marx

Page 112

VII. The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics

Page 143

VIII. The Savage World of Thorstein Veblen

Page 181

IX. The Sick World of John Maynard Keynes

Page 214

X. The Modern World

Page 252

XI. Beyond the Economic Revolution

Page 277

Acknowledgments

Page 293

A Guide to Further Reading

Page 294

Index

Page 300

Edition Notes

An Essandess paperback.
Includes bibliographic references (pages 294-299) and index.

Published in: New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 330.10922
Library of Congress: HB76 .H4 1961

The Physical Object

Pagination: 309 p.
Number of pages: 309

Edition Identifiers

Open Library: OL5817521M
Internet Archive: worldlyphilosoph1961heil
LCCN: 61002390
OCLC/WorldCat: 166956
LibraryThing: 3612

Work Identifiers

Work ID: OL1847023W

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The Worldly Philosophers

the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.

by Robert L. Heilbroner