Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

New ideas from dead economists

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

123345109

Responsibility statement

by Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein

Sub title

an introduction to modern economic thought

Summary

A reexamination of the major economic theories of the past two hundred years discusses how long-dead, famous economists such as Adam Smith and others would handle today's economic problems

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The plight of the economist -- The second coming of Adam Smith -- Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom -- David Ricardo and the cry for free trade -- The stormy mind of John Stuart Mill -- The angry oracle called Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind -- Old and new institutionalists -- Keynes : bon vivant as savior -- Milton Friedman and the monetarist battle against Keynes -- The Public Choice school : politics as a business -- The wild world of rational expectations and behavioral economics -- Dark clouds, silver linings

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