A little history of economics : revised version /
Kishtainy, Niall,
A little history of economics : revised version / Niall Kishtainy. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (vi, 249 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cool heads and warm hearts -- The soaring swans -- God's economy -- Going for gold -- Nature's bounty -- The invisible hand -- Corn meets iron -- An ideal world -- Too many mouths -- Workers of the world -- A perfect balance -- Shut out the sun -- The profits of war -- The noisy trumpeter -- Coke or pepsi? -- The man with a plan -- Flashing your cash -- Down the plughole -- Creative destruction -- The prisoners' dilemma -- The tyranny of government -- The big push -- The economics of everything -- Growing up -- Sweet harmony -- A world in two -- Fill up the bath -- Ruled by clowns -- Money illusion -- Future gazing -- Speculators on the attack -- Saving the underdog -- Knowing me, knowing you -- Broken promises -- Missing women -- Minds in fog -- Economics in the real world -- Bankers go wild -- Giants in the sky -- Why be an economist?.
9780300226317
Economics.
Economic history.
Economists.
Electronic Books.
HB71 / .L588 2017
A little history of economics : revised version / Niall Kishtainy. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (vi, 249 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cool heads and warm hearts -- The soaring swans -- God's economy -- Going for gold -- Nature's bounty -- The invisible hand -- Corn meets iron -- An ideal world -- Too many mouths -- Workers of the world -- A perfect balance -- Shut out the sun -- The profits of war -- The noisy trumpeter -- Coke or pepsi? -- The man with a plan -- Flashing your cash -- Down the plughole -- Creative destruction -- The prisoners' dilemma -- The tyranny of government -- The big push -- The economics of everything -- Growing up -- Sweet harmony -- A world in two -- Fill up the bath -- Ruled by clowns -- Money illusion -- Future gazing -- Speculators on the attack -- Saving the underdog -- Knowing me, knowing you -- Broken promises -- Missing women -- Minds in fog -- Economics in the real world -- Bankers go wild -- Giants in the sky -- Why be an economist?.
9780300226317
Economics.
Economic history.
Economists.
Electronic Books.
HB71 / .L588 2017