* The book is written in a lively style and includes text boxes highlighting little-known and often amusing facts about these famous economists, all of which add colour to the text
* Provides a comprehensive overview of the historical development of economic thought and of its relevance to contemporary policy issues
* Offers an Austrian economics perspective, in contrast to the competing textbooks
* Updated to cover MMT (modern monetary theory), climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic; minimum wage debates, Schumpeter and socialism, Malthus and immigration, and more
Mark Skousen is an investment expert, economist, university professor, and author of more than 25 books. He earned his Ph.D. in monetary economics at George Washington University in 1977. He has taught economics and finance at Columbia Business School, Columbia University, Grantham University, Barnard College, Mercy College, Rollins College and is a Presidential Fellow and Doti-Spogli Endowed Chair of Free Enterprise at Chapman University.
Title: The Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers
Author: Skousen, Mark
ISBN: 9781032023212
Binding:
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-01-04
Number of Pages: 504
Weight: 0.2601 kg
The most interesting and lively book on the history of economic thought ever written. - Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College, UK.
My students love it. Skousen makes the history of economics come alive like no other textbook. - Roger W. Garrison, Auburn University, USA.
The most interesting and lively book on the history of economic thought ever written. - Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College, UK.
My students love it. Skousen makes the history of economics come alive like no other textbook. - Roger W. Garrison, Auburn University, USA.
Praise for previous editions
A story rarely told....It's unputdownable! - Mark Blaug, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
One of the most original books ever published in economics. - Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, USA
Provocative, engaging, anything but dismal! - N. Gregory Mankiw, Harvard University, USA
Irreverent, passionate, entertaining, sometimes mischievous, like the author himself! - David Colander, Middlebury College, USA
Mark Skousen's history is brilliant. - Brad DeLong, Berkeley, USA
