Economics Explained by Robert L Heilbroner
Containing about 30 percent new material, this edition of ECONOMICS EXPLAINED offers readers not only an invaluable primer on economic theory, but a clear understanding of the causes and treatments of the problems confronting us today, as well as the possible risks and the potential rewards we face in the future. Previous Edition ISBN: 0671884220
The Boston Globe An excellent course in the history of capitalism and socialism, of growth, progress, and decline
Ms. At last, a patient but not condescending, detailed but not recondite, conversational but not glib discussion of the factors and terms that any reader of the daily newspaper needs to understand.
Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of Locked in the Cabinet In this delightfully written primer, Heilbroner and Thurow sweep away the debris of economic theory to expose the political and social choices lying just below it.
Ms. At last, a patient but not condescending, detailed but not recondite, conversational but not glib discussion of the factors and terms that any reader of the daily newspaper needs to understand.
Robert B. Reich, former Secretary of Labor and author of Locked in the Cabinet In this delightfully written primer, Heilbroner and Thurow sweep away the debris of economic theory to expose the political and social choices lying just below it.
Robert L. Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some 20 books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.
Lester Carl Thurow was a political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics.
Lester Carl Thurow was a political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780684846415 |
| ISBN 10 | 0684846411 |
| Title | Economics Explained |
| Author | Robert L Heilbroner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1998-11-03 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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