Legacies of great economists
Professor Taylor delivers lectures on how various economic theories were first formed, and how subsequent economists fine-tuned those theories. He begins with the predecessors of Adam Smith and leads up to 20th century giants such as John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman.
| Main Author: | Taylor, Timothy, 1960- |
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| Other Authors: | Teaching Company. |
| Format: | Cassette |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Springfield, VA] :
Teaching Co.,
[1996]
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| Physical Description: |
5 audiocassettes : analog, Dolby processed + 1 course guide (22 cm.) |
| Series: |
Great courses on tape (Audiocassette)
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Before economics: mercantilists and physiocrats
- Adam Smith and the birth of economics
- The dismal science, Thomas Robert Malthus and David Ricardo
- John Stuart Mill and utilitarianism
- Karl Marx and socialism
- Alfred Marshall and marginalist thought
- The socialist calculation debate
- Joseph Schumpeter and entrepreneuralism
- John Maynard Keyes and the Keynesian revolution
- Milton Friedman and the rebirth of classical economics.