This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. As Leland Yeager has pointed out, unlike the scientists of the natural sciences, economists provide their ideas largely to pol…
"The first full biography of a major 20th century English economist who played a major role in the development of economics as an academic subject, especially at the London School of Economics, in economic policy, especially in Britain during the Second World War, in higher educ…
"The first full biography of a major 20th century English economist who played a major role in the development of economics as an academic subject, especially at the London School of Economics, in economic policy, especially in Britain during the Second World War, in higher educ…
The ideas of John Maynard Keynes inspired the New Deal and helped rebuild world economies after World War II--and were later dismissed as "depression economics." Then came the great meltdown of 2008. Market forces that the world relied on suddenly failed to self-correct--and Key…
The ideas of John Maynard Keynes inspired the New Deal and helped rebuild world economies after World War II--and were later dismissed as "depression economics." Then came the great meltdown of 2008. Market forces that the world relied on suddenly failed to self-correct--and Key…
One of the most influential economists of this century, R.H. Coase has revolutionized the way economists and legal scholars understand the push-and-pull of the marketplace. Recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work on industrial organization, Co…