The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

by Binyamin Appelbaum and Binyamin Applebaum

Book Overview

In this "lively and entertaining" history of ideas (Liaquat Ahamed, The New Yorker), New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution.
Before the 1960s, American politicians had never paid much attention to economists. But as the post-World War II boom began to sputter, economists gained influence and power.
In The Economists' Hour, Binyamin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031651232X
• ISBN13: 9780316512329
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.3"