The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good

by Robert H. Frank

Book Overview

Who was the greater economist--Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? The question seems absurd. Darwin, after all, was a naturalist, not an economist. But Robert Frank, New York Times economics columnist and best-selling author of The Economic Naturalist , predicts that within the next century Darwin will unseat Smith as the intellectual founder of economics. The reason, Frank argues, is that Darwin's understanding of competition describes economic reality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691153191
• ISBN13: 9780691153193
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"