false 1253385 1 <i>The Academic Scribblers</i> offers a thoughtful and highly literate summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of twelve major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman. In a very real sense, this book picks up where Robert Heilbroner's classic <i>The Wordly Philosophers</i> leaves off. Whereas Heilbroner begins with Smith and ends with Joseph Schumpeter, Breit and Ransom bring the story of modern American and British economic theory up to the 1980s. <i>The Academic Scribblers</i> is an elegant summary of modern economic policy debate and an enticement into a happy engagement with the "dismal science" of economics." 1242157 14 9 1998 The Academic Scribblers 0 0 1 0 0 0 false false Tue May 20 16:45:04 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:45:37 -0700 2008