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The making of modern economics : the lives and ideas of the great thinkers / Mark Skousen.

by Skousen, Mark, author.

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New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Economics -- History.

Economics -- Philosophy.

Economists -- Biography.

Economists -- History.

9781032023212 (paperback) :

103202321X (paperback)

vi, 504 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Fourth edition.

It all started with Adam -- The French connection : laissez faire avance! -- The irreverent Malthus challenges the new model of prosperity -- Tricky Ricardo takes economics down a dangerous road -- Milling around : John Stuart Mill and the Socialists search for Utopia -- Marx madness plunges economics into a New Dark Age -- Out of the blue Danube : Menger and the Austrians reverse the tide -- Marshalling the troops : scientific economics comes of age -- Go West, young man : Americans solve the distribution problem in economics -- The conspicuous Veblen versus the protesting Weber : two critics debate the meaning of Capitalism -- The Fisher King tries to catch the missing link in macroeconomics -- The missing Mises : Mises (and Wicksell) make a major breakthrough -- The Keynes mutiny : Capitalism faces its greatest challenge -- Paul raises the Keynesian cross : Samuelson and modern economics -- Milton's Paradise : Friedman leads a monetary counterrevolution -- The creative destruction of Socialism : The dark vision of Joseph Schumpeter -- Dr. Smith goes to Washington : market economies face new challenges.

"The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics -- the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers begins with Adam Smith and continues through to the present day. It examines the contributions each one made to our understanding of the role of the economist, the science of economics and economic theory. Boxes in each chapter highlight little-known and entertaining facts about the economists' personal lives that had an influence on their work. The fourth edition adds coverage of modern monetary theory, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, minimum wage debates, Schumpeter and socialism, Malthus and immigration, and more."--Back cover.

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