Handbook of the History of Economic Thought: Insights on the Founders of Modern Economics

by Jürgen G. Backhaus

Book Overview

This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today's prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. As Leland Yeager has pointed out, unlike the scientists of the natural sciences, economists provide their ideas largely to politicians and political appointees who have rather different incentives that might prevent them from choosing the best economic theory. In this book, the life and work of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489994734
• ISBN13: 9781489994738
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"