EconomicsThe Little Book of Big Ideas: Economics contains the profiles and theories of 50 of the world's most eminent economists. From mercantilists through Keynesians to modern economic thought, this book gets behind 50 of the greatest minds and 10 core theories. Covering Hume, Smith and Marx, succinct biographies provide an insight into economists' personalities and reveal the outstanding contribution that each has made to this pervasive discipline. Essential concepts and themes have been expertly selected and complex issues are explained in their social, political and cultural context. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
Page 8
... subsistence food and tending animals , or the craft work involved in the production of clothes , tools , and furniture , etc. ( Curiously , Aristotle's definition of Ĺ“conomia also included piracy as a means of making a living ...
... subsistence food and tending animals , or the craft work involved in the production of clothes , tools , and furniture , etc. ( Curiously , Aristotle's definition of Ĺ“conomia also included piracy as a means of making a living ...
Page 24
... subsistence and an extra ' profit ' . The level of subsistence was determined socially , not as a biological minimum . The use of land for the production of a surplus depended on the demand of the landlords , nobility and the Prince ...
... subsistence and an extra ' profit ' . The level of subsistence was determined socially , not as a biological minimum . The use of land for the production of a surplus depended on the demand of the landlords , nobility and the Prince ...
Page 25
Mathew Forstater. brought into cultivation to provide for subsistence . The increased output of the means of subsistence would allow increased population growth , and thus a growing labour force . Note that the notion of surplus was not ...
Mathew Forstater. brought into cultivation to provide for subsistence . The increased output of the means of subsistence would allow increased population growth , and thus a growing labour force . Note that the notion of surplus was not ...
Contents
Introduction by Professor James Rollo | 6 |
Ibn Khaldun 12 Thomas Mun | 14 |
John Locke 16 ECONOMICS AND | 20 |
Copyright | |
12 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accumulation Adam Smith aggregate demand agriculture anarchism argued Austrian Austrian School banking became behaviour Born business cycle Cantillon capital capitalist chartalist Classical Political Economy commodity consumers consumption contributions currency debt deficit determined Died distribution economic activity economic analysis economic growth economic theory economists effect emphasised England Importance exchange factors firms fiscal framework full employment gender government intervention Greenspan Hayek historical human Human Development Index ideas imperfect income individual industrial inequality inflation innovation institutions interest rates investment Jevons Keynes Keynesian Khaldun Kuznets labour Leontief macroeconomics Malthus marginal utility Marx Mercantilist monetary policy money supply Neoclassical economics Nobel Prize output and employment partial equilibrium perfect competition Physiocrats population growth production profit recognised result Ricardo Say's Law School of Economics Schumpeter sector social costs society spending Sraffa Stagflation Stiglitz subsistence surplus technological trade USA Importance Veblen wage Walras wealth welfare economics workers