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" New ideas from dead economists : "
by Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein.
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BL
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1019857
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b774227
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| Main Entry
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Buchholz, Todd G.
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| Title & Author
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New ideas from dead economists : : an introduction to modern economic thought /\ by Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein.
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Completely revised and updated.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Plume,, 2007.
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, ©2007
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xxi, 346 pages ;; 21 cm
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0452288444
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: 9780452288447
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0453006884
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9780453006880
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: The plight of the economist -- The second coming of Adam Smith -- Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom -- David Ricardo and the cry for free trade -- The stormy mind of John Stuart Mill -- The angry oracle called Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind -- Old and new institutionalists -- Keynes : bon vivant as savior -- Milton Friedman and the monetarist battle against Keynes -- The Public Choice school : politics as a business -- The wild world of rational expectations and behavioral economics -- Dark clouds, silver linings.
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A reexamination of the major economic theories of the past two hundred years discusses how long-dead, famous economists such as Adam Smith and others would handle today's economic problems.
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Economics-- History.
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Economists, Biography.
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Economics-- History.
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Economics.
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Economists, Biography.
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Economists.
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Ekonomer, biografi.
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Ekonomer-- historia.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.092/2
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HB76.B83 2007
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