Fifty Major Economists Av Steven (Monmouth University Usa) Pressman

<EM><P>An introduction to the life, work and ideas of the people who have shaped the economic landscape from the sixteenth century to the present day. Now in a third edition, it considers how major economists might have viewed challenges such as the continuing economic slump, high unemployment and the sovereign debt problems which face the world today, it includes entries on:</P><P>¿ Paul Krugman</P><P>¿ Hyman Minsky</P><P>¿ John Maynard Keynes</P><P>¿ Adam Smith</P><P>¿ Irving Fisher </P><P>¿ James Buchanan </P><P><P></P>Fifty Major Economists contains brief biographical information on each featured economist and an explanation of their major contributions to economics, along with simple illustrations of their ideas. With reference to the recent work of living economists, guides to the best of recent scholarship and a glossary of terms, Fifty Major Economists is an ideal resource for students of economics. <P></P><P></P><P>Steven Pressman is Professor of Economics and Financ