Fifty Major Economists (Routledge Key Guides)

Building upon the huge success of the previous edition, this updated text provides a clear, comprehensive guide to the most influential individuals in the field of economics.Covering a wide range of thinkers across several centuries, features of this second edition include:a significantly revised and expanded introduction discussing the importance of the history of economics, and highlighting the main schools of thoughtupdated bibliographies and referencing that take account of the wealth of secondary literature availablenew entries on today's pioneering economists, such as Joseph Stiglitzrevised entries on contemporary economists in order to include recent developments and research.Containing brief biographical information on each featured economist, as well as references to their major works, guides to further reading and a glossary of terms, Fifty Major Economists is undoubtedly an important and accessible resource for students of economics at all levels.