Little Book of Big Ideas: Economics - Hardcover

'A convenient and useful information source for economics teachers and practitioners - this volume provides the student of economics, and the general reader wishing to know what is economics, with an excellent and extremely user-friendly summary of key economic ideas.' First Trust Bank (June 2007)

The 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.