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Author
Publisher
M.E. Sharpe
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. The text traces the turbulent lives and battles of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes."--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The idea of world leaders gathering in the midst of economic crisis has become all too familiar. But the meeting at Bretton Woods in 1944 was different. It was the only time countries from around the world have agreed to overhaul the structure of the international monetary system. Against all odds, they were successful. The system they set up presided over the longest, strongest and most stable period of growth the world economy has ever seen. Its...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"The Great Recession of 2008 restored John Maynard Keynes to prominence. After decades when the Keynesian revolution seemed to have been forgotten, the great British theorist was suddenly everywhere. The New York Times asked, "What would Keynes have done?" The Financial Times wrote of "the undeniable shift to Keynes." Le Monde pronounced the economic collapse Keynes's "revenge." Two years later, following bank bailouts and Tea Party fundamentalism,...
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