I agree with a lot of the author says but I’m not sure I like the way he says it. In fact, this feels a little bit like a book I would write, albeit with better sources – a rant about the spread of an idea from someone who is does not have a background …
Tag: History of Economics
The Worldly Philosophers (1953, 1999) by Robert L. Heilbroner
The Worldly Philosophers is an impressive and engaging summary of the lives and ideas of the major economists from Adam Smith through Joseph Schumpeter, covering both the people you would expect (Ricardo, Keynes) and some people you would not. Heilbroner is a refreshing guide because he both has a historical sense of economics and he …
The Great Transformation (1944) by Karl Polanyi
Despite two very serious flaws, The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi is a major, important, path-breaking and near-classic work of economics.