economists

Explores the life of Adam Smith and challenges common assumptions about his life and work, describing how he impacted American government and development in the eighteenth century and how his ideas are viewed today.

Presents information on the lives and work of the economists Thomas Gresham, Adam Smith, Thomas Robert Malthus, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Alan Greenspan.

Briefly describes their lives, their writings, and influences of their work. Includes extracts from their writings.

Traces how the works of Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew reflected the poor majority in mid-nineteenth-century London, citing the achievements of such influential figures as John Maynard Keyes, Paul Samuelson, and Amartya Sen.

Presents the ideas of the great economic thinkers, from Adam Smith to Malthus, and from Marx to John Maynard Keynes.

Provides an introduction to the key ideas of economics through the study of the great economists who shaped the discipline, and applies the theories of those men to contemporary economic issues.

Muhammad Yunus discusses the obstacles he overcame in setting up a bank devoted to providing the poor of Bangladesh with small loans.