TY - BOOK AU - Dieterle,David Anthony TI - Economic thinkers: a biographical encyclopedia SN - 9780313397462 (hardcopy : alk. paper) AV - R HB 76 E19 2013 U1 - 330.092/2 PY - 2013/// CY - Santa Barbara, California PB - Greenwood KW - Economists KW - Biography KW - Encyclopedias KW - Economistas KW - BiografĂ­a KW - Enciclopedias N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-527) and index N2 - This book presents biographies of 200 economic thinkers throughout history, supplying a one-stop reference about the men and women whose ideas, writings, and philosophies created the foundation of our current understanding of economics. Depicting their subjects within the contexts of history, development economics, and econometrics, these biographies provide an insightful overview of the world of economics through the economists of significance and the many subdisciplines, topics, eras, and philosophies they represent; Economic Thinkers: A Biographical Encyclopedia begins by describing economic thinkers in ancient Greece and Rome, moves through history to cover economists in the 15th through 19th centuries, and addresses economic theory in the 20th century and the modern era. Written to be easily accessible and highly readable, the work will appeal to students, scholars, general readers, and anyone interested in learning about the historical and philosophical foundation of economics ER -