A History Of Economics by John Kenneth Galbraith
The Past as the Present
A lively, accessible account that traces the development of economic ideas from ancient times through the major schools and figures of the 18th–20th centuries, showing how theories about markets, value, and policy emerged in response to changing institutions and social conflicts; it recounts mercantilism, classical political economy, Marxism, the marginal revolution, Keynesianism and the rise of modern orthodox economics, while arguing that economic thought is shaped by power, politics and practical exigencies rather than by detached scientific neutrality, and urging that economics be judged by its service to the public good rather than by abstract elegance.
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