false <![CDATA[The Worldly Philosophers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171012238m/82120.jpg 82120 16 <I>The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times & Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers</I> is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this 7th edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith & Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas--viz., the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It's a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines. In a new concluding chapter entitled "The End of the Worldly Philosophy?" he reminds us that the word "end" refers to both the purpose & limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly scientific economics may overlook fundamental socio-political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future. 3163491 book 1953 The Worldly Philosophers total:431|5:139|4:203|3:70|2:14|1:5| 431 1750 706 84 5 1 false false Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:03:14 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:30:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:39:32 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 21:28:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 24 16:33:40 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:36:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 11 13:25:02 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 15:11:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 04 03:35:55 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 03:49:03 -0700 2008 Di tengah maraknya buku2 yg berusaha mempopulerkan ilmu ekonomi belak...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 20 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Feb 20 00:14:16 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 00:14:16 -0800 2008 Well written doesn't do it justice. Lucid, pretty comprehensive, multi-faceted, learned, juicy, addictive.

Economics sucks, we all know why Carlyle called it "the dismal science"....because its bloody dismal.

But Heilbroner succeeds beautifully at writing it in...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:40:09 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 20:53:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Sep 27 19:13:08 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 30 12:29:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 22 10:12:59 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 11 13:11:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 10:01:39 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 08:39:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 18:16:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 18:24:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:15:45 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 16:21:09 -0700 2009 i am just now reading this --reading this because i do not understand economics and i thought this would help explain. i am in chapter V which is about the utopian socialists. so far adam smith,malthus, and ricardo have been discussed. heilbroner discusses the early days before economists...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Thu May 14 00:33:45 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 00:41:12 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 14:05:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:07:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 12 05:43:52 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 08:27:57 -0800 2008
I read this book because I wanted to know more about economics. I want to be able to back up my bleeding heart liberal tendencies with actual knowledge of what makes capitalism tick.

I did enjoy this book. For an economics novice who's not crazy about hi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 10:09:53 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:02:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 04:06:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 04:44:26 -0700 2009
Emerged with many ideas and picked up a couple more books on economics it made me want to make my way through. ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 22:07:19 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 22:09:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 02:48:33 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 02:49:54 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 18:29:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 18:30:18 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=82120