The Academic Scribblers Third Edition [Paperback]

The Academic Scribblersoffers a thoughtful and highly literate summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of twelve major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. In a very real sense, this book picks up where Robert Heilbroner's classicThe Wordly Philosophersleaves off. Whereas Heilbroner begins with Smith and ends with Joseph Schumpeter, Breit and Ransom bring the story of modern American and British economic theory up to the 1980s.The Academic Scribblersis an elegant summary of modern economic policy debate and an enticement into a happy engagement with the dismal science of economics.

Originally published in 1998.

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As a guide to the intellectual origins of many hotly debated current and proposed economic policies,The Academic Scribblersis an outstanding success. ---J. Bernard Burnham,National Review Even to try to survey so much is commendable and the authors have done more. They take the reader through the ideas of the twelve in a way that shows that they are competent theorists themselves. ---William D. Grampp,The American Political Science Review [The Academic Scribblers] is a compact, lucid survey of the ideas of an even dozen British and American economists.... A splendid book. It should be read by every undergraduate student of economics. ---ló