BRIEF HISTORY OF ECONOMICS, A: ARTFUL APPROACHES TO THE DISMAL SCIENCE - Softcover

Canterbery, E Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810238495 ISBN 13: 9789810238490

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001

Synopsis

A history of the discipline and practice of economics, illustrating how the ideas of great economists influenced societies and helped shape cultures. Links works of literature and historical figures and events to economic ideas and events. Written in a humorous style. Softcover, hardcover also available.

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From the Inside Flap:

Blending past and present, this brief history of economics is the perfect book for introducing students to the field.

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 20072010.

Often humorous, Canterbery's easy style will make the student's first foray into economics lively and relevant. Readers will dismiss "dismal" from the science.

From the Back Cover:

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.Often humorous, Canterbery’s easy style will make the student’s first foray into economics lively and relevant. Readers will dismiss “dismal” from the science.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9810238495
• ISBN 13: 9789810238490
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 500