TY  - BOOK
AU  - Buchholz,Todd G.
TI  - New ideas from dead economists: an introduction to modern economic thought 
SN  - 9780452288447 (pbk.)
AV  - HB76 B919n 2007
U1  - 330.092/2 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Plume
KW  - Economists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Economics
KW  - History
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -