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An edition of The worldly philosophers (1953)

The Worldly Philosophers

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

Third edition, newly revised

by

  • ★★★★ 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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Simon and Schuster
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English
Pages
320

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Economics, Economists, History, Economists, biography, Biography, Economen, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Biographies, Histoire, Économie politique, Économistes, Economie politique, Economistes, Economics, history, Heilbroner, robert l, Economics--history, Economists--biography, Hb76 .h4 1972, Hb76 .h4 1999, 330/.092/2 b, Doctrines économiques, Manuel, [manuel], Economists -- Biography, Biografie, Philosophers, Économique, Economic thought

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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1967, Simon and Schuster
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1962, Time Incorporated
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1962, Time Incorporated
in English - Time Reading Program Special Edition
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1962, Time Incorporated
in English - Time Reading Program Special Edition
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1961, Franklin Watts, Inc.
in English - Large type edition
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1961, Simon and Schuster
in English - Revised edition
Cover of: The Worldly Philosophers
The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1961, Simon and Schuster
in English - Revised edition
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The Worldly Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1961, Simon and Schuster
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The Great Economists: their lives and their conceptions of the world
1955, Eyre and Spottiswoode
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The Worldy Philosophers: the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers
1953, Simon and Schuster
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First Sentence

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

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition
Page 9
I. Introduction
Page 11
II. The Economic Revolution
Page 16
III. The Wonderful World of Adam Smith
Page 38
IV. The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo
Page 68
V. The Visions of the Utopian Socialists
Page 96
VI. The Inexorable System of Karl Marx
Page 123
VII. The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics
Page 123
VIII. The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen
Page 192
IX. The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes
Page 225
X. The Modern World
Page 262
XI. Beyond the Economic Revolution
Page 288
Acknowledgments
Page 305
A Guide to Further Reading
Page 307
Index
Page 313

Edition Notes

A Clarion book.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
330.10922
Library of Congress
HB76 .H4 1967

The Physical Object

Pagination
320 p.
Number of pages
320

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL59667838M
LCCN
67025391

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1847023W

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