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An original history of ideas, and an unforgettable portrait of power , New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution. Before the 1960s, American politicians had never paid much attention to economists. But as the post-World War II boom began to sputter, economists gained influence and power. In The Economists' Hour , Binyamin Appelbaum traces the rise of the economists, first in the United States and then around the globe, as their ideas reshaped the modern world, curbing government, unleashing corporations and hastening globalization. Some leading figures are relatively well-known, such as Milton Friedman, the elfin libertarian who had a greater influence on American life than any other economist of his generation, and Arthur Laffer, who sketched a curve on a cocktail napkin that helped to make tax cuts a staple of conservative economic...

Author

Binyamin Appelbaum

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316512329

Subjects

Economics, Political Science, History

Rating

4.5 / 5 (436 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14