Buchholz, Todd G. New ideas from dead economists : : an introduction to modern economic thought / [electronic resource] / by Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein.. — New York : : Plume,, 1990, c1989.. — xi, 321 p. ; 21 cm.

"A Plume book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [288]-307) and index.

Second coming of Adam Smith -- Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom -- David Ricardo and the cry for free trade -- Stormy mind of John Stuart Mill -- Angry oracle called Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind -- Old and new institutionalists -- Keynes : bon vivant as savior -- Monetarist battle against Keynes -- Public choice school : politics as a business -- Wild world of rational expectations -- Dark clouds, silver linings.



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