A brief history of economics
artful approaches to the Dismal Science
- ISBN: 9789814304801
- Editorial: World Scientific Publishing Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2011
- Lugar de la edición: New Jersey. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Edición número: 2nd ed
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 560
- Idiomas: Inglés
A Brief History of Economics illustrates how the ideas of the great economists not only influenced societies but were themselves shaped by their cultural milieu. Understanding the economists' visions # lucidly and vividly unveiled by Canterbery # allows readers to place economics within a broader community of ideas. Magically, the author links Adam Smith to Isaac Newton's idea of an orderly universe, F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to Thorstein Veblen, John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath to the Great Depression, and Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities to Reaganomics. The second edition is right up-to-date with a lively discussion of the economic crises of 2007#2010.