Lost Prophets: An Insider's History of the Modern Economists

by Alfred L. Malabre

Book Overview

This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals with the modern economists from Keynes to the mid 1990s and how their predictions have often been misguided and detrimental to the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875844413
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Giving Meaning to the History Of Economic Thinkers

If you are like me, you were probably turned-off by economics in school with all the graphs and formulas to determine how many widgets to make, and sell at what price. I have found over the years though, that having an understanding of economic theory is very important to critical thinking, especially in terms of management, politics, and economics in general. Malabre's Lost Prophets is a very friendly introduction to the various economic thinkers of the last 100 years. His journalistic writing style draws the reader into the thinkers realm, and explains the theory and history related to each "prophet."The book is well written and easy to read. I have found it to be a complement to my other scholarly reference material.