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Book SynopsisThis book looks into the creative minds of some recent, mostly ""defunct"" economists. Many of the authors, such as Samuelson, Friedman, Galbraith, and Heilbroner, have penned popular works, while their scientific contributions were limited to the most specialized scholars. Others, such as Nobel Prize winners Modigliani, Debreu, Becker, Aumann, and Allais, delved into complex issues in human organization, economic growth and planning, socio-economic theory, and model building. Economists such as Keynes and Lowe represent world-class paragons whose influences continue to percolate in current research programs. Here we unearth their best scientific work, revealing gems that might otherwise be overlooked.
Table of ContentsForeword, by Victor R. Fuchs....................................................viii Preface and Acknowledgments.................................................xi General Introduction..........................................................xiii Part I: Keynesian Economics John Maynard Keynes...........................................................3 Franco Modigliani...............................................................60Stanley Fischer..................................................................69Part II: Neoclassical Economics Paul A. Samuelson..............................................................79 Part III: Monetarists Milton Friedman...............................................................121 Part IV: Institutionalists John Kenneth Galbraith.....................................................151 Part V: Marxian Economics Adolph Lowe.....................................................................181 Part VI: Econometrics Lawrence Klein.................................................................211 Part VII: General Equilibrium Gerard Debreu..................................................................223John Hicks.......................................................................245 Maurice Allais...................................................................249 Part VIII: Sociology and Economics Gary Becker......................................................................285 Part IX: Game Theorists Robert Aumann.................................................................307 Part X: Socio-Economic Theorists Robert Heilbroner.............................................................321 Part XI: Welfare Economics Abram Bergson.................................................................355Index...............................................................................359
