Great Economists, The - Phil Thornton

Great Economists, The

Ten Economists whose thinking changed the way we live

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
264 Seiten
2014
FT Publishing International (Verlag)
978-1-292-00941-4 (ISBN)
26,67 inkl. MwSt
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.

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

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

 

Verlagsort Harlow
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 215 mm
Gewicht 338 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Wirtschaft Allgemeines / Lexika
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzwissenschaft
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Makroökonomie
Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaftslehre Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10 1-292-00941-1 / 1292009411
ISBN-13 978-1-292-00941-4 / 9781292009414
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