The Academic Scribblers: Third Edition

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Academic Scribblers: Third Edition
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Breit
By (author) Roger L. Ransom
Foreword by Robert M. Solow
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:302
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreEconomic history
ISBN/Barcode 9780691634487
ClassificationsDewey:330.0922
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Edition 3rd Revised edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

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

Reviews

"As a guide to the intellectual origins of many hotly debated current and proposed economic policies, The Academic Scribblers is an outstanding success."--J. Bernard Burnham, National Review "Even to try to survey so much is commendable and the authors have done more. They take the reader through the ideas of the twelve in a way that shows that they are competent theorists themselves."--William D. Grampp, The American Political Science Review "[The Academic Scribblers] is a compact, lucid survey of the ideas of an even dozen British and American economists... A splendid book. It should be read by every undergraduate student of economics."--William H. Miernyk, Social Science Quarterly