The Worldly Philosophers

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"Jf ever a book answered a crying need, this one does. Here is all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish by a man who writes with immense vigor and skill, who has a rare gift for simplifying complexities."
—The New York Times
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^ he 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 new 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. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines.
In a bold new concluding chapter entitled "The End of the Worldly Philosophy?'.' Heilbroner reminds us that the word "end" refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern... Tovább

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"Jf ever a book answered a crying need, this one does. Here is all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish by a man who writes with immense vigor and skill, who has a rare gift for simplifying complexities."
—The New York Times
T
^ he 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 new 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. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines.
In a bold new concluding chapter entitled "The End of the Worldly Philosophy?'.' Heilbroner reminds us that the word "end" refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly "scientific" economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future. « ^
"Robert Heilbroner s T1)e Worldly Philosophers is a living classic, both because he makes us see that the ideas of the great economists remain fresh and important for our times and because his own brilliant writing forces us to reach out into the future."
—Leonard Silk
"The Worldly Philosophers, quite simply put, is a classic----None of us can know
where we are coming from unless we know the sources of the great ideas that permeate oiu: thinking. The Worldly Philosophers gives tis a clear imderstanding of the economic ideas that influence us whether or not we have read the great economic thinkers."
—Lester Thurow
"Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith inspired several readers to become Nobel laureates in biology. Robert Heilbroner's new edition of Tie Worldly Philosophers will inspire a
new generation of economists." -PAUL SAMUELSONs
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Robert L. Heilbroner is the Norman Thomas Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at The New School for Social Research and is the author of more than twenty books. He lives in New York City. ^
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