Fifty Major Economists

by Steven Pressman

Building upon the huge success of the previous edition, this updated text provides a clear, comprehensive guide to the most influential individuals in the field of economics. Covering a wide range of thinkers across several centuries, features of this second edition Containing brief biographical information on each featured economist, as well as references to their major works, guides to further reading and a glossary of terms, Fifty Major Economists is undoubtedly an important and accessible resource for students of economics at all levels.

Genres: Economics, Biography, History

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 1999

Reviews

[Ariadna73 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third edition of this interesting and nicely layed-out book about the lives and miracles of fifty economists. As it happens in any "The X major Y" books, not everyone is included (only 50 LOL).

I liked the shortness of the essays, and the fact that they introduced new names in spite of eliminating people that in the past they deemed esential to their picture of the economic world.

This is the cover, and the editorial information of the book I read:





The table of contents:



A preface, an introduction, and a useful glossary:







David Hume:



Adam Smith:



Alfred Marshall:



Paul Samuelson:



James Buchanan, Kenneth Arrow:



The Bergmanns:





Daniel Kahneman:



Stiglitz & Krugman





Not bad, short and entertaining. I would read it before bed on summers. It is a wonderful and informative little volume.



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[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked getting all of the theories, as well as the backstories, of these top economists.

[Tue Le · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful book on the historically significant economists in chronological order.

[Mohamad Jaber · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book, it doesn't merely mention random economists but organizes them in a chronological order making this book somehow a book about economic thought.

The choice of economists was eloquent and inclusive with the exception of some that i was surprised not to see (J.B Say...).