{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-economics-artful-approaches-to-the-dismal-science","title":"A Brief History of Economics: Artful Approaches to the Dismal Science","description":"Author: E Ray Canterbery\u003cbr\u003eCategory: Business \u0026amp; Finance\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: WSPC\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: December 2, 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending past and present, this brief history of economics is the perfect book for introducing students to the field.\nA Brief History of Economics illustrates how the ideas of the great economists not only influenced societies but were themselves shaped by their cultural milieu. Understanding the economists' visions — lucidly and vividly unveiled by Canterbery — allows readers to place economics within a broader community of ideas. Magically, the author links Adam Smith to Isaac Newton's idea of an orderly universe, F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to Thorstein Veblen, John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath to the Great Depression, and Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities to Reaganomics. The second edition is right up-to-date with a lively discussion of the economic crises of 2007–2010.\nOften humorous, Canterbery's easy style will make the student's first foray into economics lively and relevant. Readers will dismiss “dismal” from the science.\nContents:\n\nIntroduction\nFeudalism and the Evolution of Economic Society\nAdam Smith's Great Vision\nBentham and Malthus: The Hedonist and the “Pastor”\nThe Distribution of Income\nRicardo versus Malthus\nThe Cold Water of Poverty and the Heat of John Stuart Mill's Passions\nKarl Marx\nAlfred Marshall: The Great Victorian\nThorstein Veblen Takes on the American Captains of Industry\nThe Jazz Age: Aftermath of War and Prelude to Depression\nJohn Maynard Keynes and the Great Depression\nThe Many Modern Keynesians\nThe Monetarists and the New Classicals Deepen the Counterrevolution\nEconomic Growth and Technology: Schumpeter and Capitalism's Motion\nThe Many Faces of Capitalism: Galbraith, Heilbroner, and the Institutionalists\nThe Rise of the Casino Economy\nThe Global Economy\nClimbing the Economist's Mountain to High Theory\nThe Housing and Credit Crises of 2008\nThe Great Recession of 2007–2010\nThe Future of Economics\n\nReadership: Undergraduate and foundation level students, and laymen.","brand":"Redrainforest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32433347657783,"sku":"9789814365178","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0258\/4664\/4791\/products\/a-brief-history-of-economics-artful-approaches-to-the-dismal-science-2nd-edition.jpg?v=1608174588","url":"https:\/\/redrainforest.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brief-history-of-economics-artful-approaches-to-the-dismal-science","provider":"Redrainforest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}