Grand Pursuit
The Story of Economic Genius
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Publisher:
New York : - Simon & Schuster
Pages:
558
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hc ed
ISBN:
9780684872988, 0684872986, 9780684872995, 0684872994
Language:
English
Contents:
Perfectly new : Engels and Karl Marx in the age of miracles
Must there be a proletariat? Marshall's patron saint
Miss Potter's profession : Webb and the housekeeping state
Cross of gold : Fisher and the money illusion
Creative destruction: Schumpeter and economic evolution
The last days of mankind : Schumpeter in Vienna
"Europe is dying" : Keynes at Versailles
The joyless street : Schumpeter and Hayek in Vienna
Immaterial devices of the mind : Keynes and Fisher in the 1920s
Magneto trouble : Keynes and Fisher in the Great Depression
Experiments : Webb and Robinson in the 1930s
The economists' war : Keynes and Friedman at the treasury
Exile : Schumpeter and Hayek in World War II
Past and future : Keynes at Bretton Woods
The road from serfdom : Hayek and the German miracle
Instruments of mastery : Samuelson goes to Washington
Grand illusion : Robinson in Moscow and Beijing
Tryst with destiny : Sen in Calcutta and Cambridge.
Must there be a proletariat? Marshall's patron saint
Miss Potter's profession : Webb and the housekeeping state
Cross of gold : Fisher and the money illusion
Creative destruction: Schumpeter and economic evolution
The last days of mankind : Schumpeter in Vienna
"Europe is dying" : Keynes at Versailles
The joyless street : Schumpeter and Hayek in Vienna
Immaterial devices of the mind : Keynes and Fisher in the 1920s
Magneto trouble : Keynes and Fisher in the Great Depression
Experiments : Webb and Robinson in the 1930s
The economists' war : Keynes and Friedman at the treasury
Exile : Schumpeter and Hayek in World War II
Past and future : Keynes at Bretton Woods
The road from serfdom : Hayek and the German miracle
Instruments of mastery : Samuelson goes to Washington
Grand illusion : Robinson in Moscow and Beijing
Tryst with destiny : Sen in Calcutta and Cambridge.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Statement of responsibility:
Sylvia Nasar
Physical description:
xv, 558 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
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"Grand Pursuit focuses on individual genius, has a rich narrative laden with wonderful contextual details and is determined to explain complex ideas and their real-world impact to educated generalists." Richard Parker Globe and Mail