Cliffsnotes Worldly Philosophers Notes (Cliffs Notes)

✍ Scribed by Joseph M. Leon

• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 50
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Heilbronner's book gives a simple but comprehensive explanation of the ideas of the Great Economists. Translated into more than 20 languages, it is an excellent overview of the political, social, and ethical concepts of economic thought.

✦ Table of Contents

THE WORLDLY PHILOSOPHERS......Page 2
Life and Background of the Author......Page 3
Ch2......Page 4
Ch3......Page 6
Ch4......Page 7
Ch6......Page 8
Ch9......Page 9
Ch1: Introduction......Page 10
Ch2: The Economic Revolution......Page 11
Ch3: The Wonderful World of Adam Smith......Page 15
Ch4: The Gloomy Presentiment of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo......Page 19
Ch6: The Inexorable System of Karl Marx......Page 27
Ch7: The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics......Page 31
Ch8: The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen......Page 35
Ch9: The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes......Page 39
Ch10: The Contradictions of Joseph Schumpeter......Page 43
Ch11: Behind the Worldly Philosophy......Page 46
Essay Topics and Review Questions......Page 48
Selected Bibliography......Page 49