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Breit, William; Ransom, Roger L.

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9780691059860: The Academic Scribblers: Third Edition (Princeton Legacy Library)
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ISBN 10: 0691059861 ISBN 13: 9780691059860
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Academic Scribblers offers a thoughtful and highly literate summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of twelve major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. In a very real sense, this book picks up where Robert Heilbroner's classic The Wordly Philosophers leaves off. Whereas Heilbroner begins with Smith and ends with Joseph Schumpeter, Breit and Ransom bring the story of modern American and British economic theory up to the 1980s. The Academic Scribblers is an elegant summary of modern economic policy debate and an enticement into a happy engagement with the "dismal science" of economics."

Originally published in 1998.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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About the Author

William Breit is the E. M. Stevens Distinguished Professor of Economics at Trinity University in San Antonio. Roger L. Ransom is Professor of Economics and History at the University of California, Riverside. Robert M. Solow is Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1987.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691059861
ISBN 13 
9780691059860
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
288
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