Teachings from the worldly philosophy

This sequel to Heilbroner's classic survey of the great economists, The Worldly Philosophers, published four decades ago, is an anthology of writings of some 20 economic thinkers ranging from Aristotle to Malthus, Marx, Veblen and Schumpeter, with interlinking commentaries. Making the dismal sc...

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Tác giả chính: Heilbroner, Robert
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Được phát hành: New York W.W. Norton 1996
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