Kishtainy, Niall  <br/><br/>
A little history of economics / 
Niall Kishtainy. 
 - vi, 249 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>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?. 
<br/><br/> A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300234527 (paperback) 030023452X (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017301175 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economics.<br/>Economía<br/>Economic history.<br/>Historia económica<br/>Economists.<br/>Economistas 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB 71  / K61l 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.09