Skousen, Mark

The making of modern economics : the lives and ideas of the great thinkers Mark Skousen - 3rd ed. - New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, c2016. - viii, 501 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discusses the development of economic thought, using the construction of a building as an analogy and describing Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations" as the foundation, with information on a variety of theorists and their ideas that either added to or detracted from those of Smith.

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Economics--History
Economics--Philosophy
Economists--Biography
Economics

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