Robert L. Heilbroner

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Robert L. Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some 20 books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.

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Books by Robert L. Heilbroner

The Worldly Philosophers

The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers

By Robert L. Heilbroner

The bestselling classic that examines the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx—“all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish” (The New York Times).

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Economics Explained

Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going

By Robert L. Heilbroner and Lester Thurow

In its fourth edition, Economics Explained continues its announced purpose—to explain that mysterious thing called economics—with a new urgency.

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