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New Ideas from Dead Economists

Author: TODD G. BUCHHOLZ
ISBN: 9780241435311
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Through the teachings of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman and more, renowned economist Todd Buchholz shows how age-old ideas still apply to our modern world.

In this revised edition, Buchholz offers fascinating insights on the most relevant issues of 2021: climate change, free trade debates, the refugee crisis, growth and conflict in Russia and China, game theory, and behavioral economics.

New Ideas from Dead Economists—found on the desks of university students, prime ministers, and Wall Street titans—is a riveting guide to understanding both the evolution of economic theory and our complex contemporary economy.

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Muhamad Aiman Aizuddin Bin Ali
Interesting

Provides a good summary of the main ideas of major economists who continue to have extraordinary influence in the field today. Also: astoundingly (and unwittingly) biased in its underlying assumptions and viewpoint (don't have the book in front of me, but others have offered some good quotes), which makes for great reading if you're paying attention. Some of the counterarguments given to criticisms of wage slavery, manipulative advertising, etc. are so thin as to be comical. Buchholz picks and chooses which ideas to laud and which to decry, with superficial analogies and examples in both cases. Great for reviewing some of the main themes of economics and economic history, but even better for understanding how mainstream economists think about economics, which helps to reveal why we are so entrenched in the current system.

M
Muhamad Aiman Aizuddin Bin Ali
Interesting

Provides a good summary of the main ideas of major economists who continue to have extraordinary influence in the field today. Also: astoundingly (and unwittingly) biased in its underlying assumptions and viewpoint (don't have the book in front of me, but others have offered some good quotes), which makes for great reading if you're paying attention. Some of the counterarguments given to criticisms of wage slavery, manipulative advertising, etc. are so thin as to be comical. Buchholz picks and chooses which ideas to laud and which to decry, with superficial analogies and examples in both cases. Great for reviewing some of the main themes of economics and economic history, but even better for understanding how mainstream economists think about economics, which helps to reveal why we are so entrenched in the current system.