Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations A Story of Economic Discovery |
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| Author:
| Warsh, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-393-06752-1 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.95 |
Book Description:
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A fascinating journey through the world of economic thought--and the lives of economists--from Adam Smith to the present day...If you like reading stories of high intellectual drama...this book is for you.--Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review. In this acclaimed history, veteran journalist David Warsh uses one young economist's answer to an age-old question as a window onto two centuries' worth of insights and false starts by some of history's best-known economists. The result is a...
More DescriptionA fascinating journey through the world of economic thought--and the lives of economists--from Adam Smith to the present day...If you like reading stories of high intellectual drama...this book is for you.--Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review. In this acclaimed history, veteran journalist David Warsh uses one young economist's answer to an age-old question as a window onto two centuries' worth of insights and false starts by some of history's best-known economists. The result is a rich--and richly rewarding--tale of economic progress, and of a student who could see further than his teachers.