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The Worldly Philosophers : the Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers by Heilbroner, Robert L. is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Worldly Philosophers : the Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers about?
The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideasnamely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines. In a bold new concluding chapter entitled The End of the Worldly Philosophy? Heilbroner reminds us that the word end refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that todays increasingly scientific economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future. (amazon.com)
Who reads The Worldly Philosophers : the Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Heilbroner, Robert L.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, c1999.
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780684862149
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Economics, Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.12 / 5 (4,590 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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