Buchholz, Todd G. <br/><br/>
New ideas from dead economists :  an introduction to modern economic thought / 
by Todd G. Buchholz ; with a foreword by Martin Feldstein. 
 - Completely rev. and updated. 
 - New York :  Plume,  c2007. 
 - xxi, 346 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The plight of the economist -- The second coming of Adam Smith -- Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom -- David Ricardo and the cry for free trade -- The stormy mind of John Stuart Mill -- The angry oracle called Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind -- Old and new institutionalists -- Keynes : bon vivant as savior -- Milton Friedman and the monetarist battle against Keynes -- The Public Choice school : politics as a business -- The wild world of rational expectations and behavioral economics -- Dark clouds, silver linings. 
<br/><br/> A reexamination of the major economic theories of the past two hundred years discusses how long-dead, famous economists such as Adam Smith and others would handle today's economic problems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780452288447 (pbk.) 0452288444 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economists--Biography.<br/>Economics--History.<br/>Economics--History.<br/>Economists--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB76  / B919n 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.092/2