Roger E Backhouse

The Penguin History of Economics

  • The Penguin History of Economics

  • A very clear, reliable and readable history of economic thought from the ancient world to the present day. From Homer to Marx to John Stuart Mill, Backhouse shows how to keep your Keynsians from your post-Keynsians and New Keynsians. A core book.

Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Birmingham, Backhouse is a leading historian of economics.

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