New Ideas From Dead Economist
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Foreword
Preface to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER I ‐ Introduction: The Plight of the Economist
CHAPTER II ‐ The Second Coming of Adam Smith
CHAPTER III ‐ Malthus: Prophet of Doom and Population Boom
CHAPTER IV ‐ David Ricardo and the Cry for Free Trade
CHAPTER V ‐ The Stormy Mind of John Stuart Mill CHAPTER VI ‐ The Angry Oracle Called Karl Marx
CHAPTER VII ‐ Alfred Marshall and the Marginalist Mind
CHAPTER VIII ‐ Old and New Institutionalists
CHAPTER IX ‐ Keynes: Bon Vivant as Savior
CHAPTER X ‐ Milton Friedman and the Monetarist Battle Against Keynes
CHAPTER XI ‐ The Public Choice School: Politics as a Business CHAPTER XII ‐ The Wild World of Rational Expectations and Behavioral Economics
CHAPTER XIII ‐ Dark Clouds, Silver Linings
Notes
Index
2
A PLUME BOOK
NEW IDEAS FROM DEAD ECONOMISTS
TODD G. BUCHHOLZ is an internationally acclaimed economist who advises some of the world’s
leading investment funds. He has served as a director of economic policy at the White House and as
a managing director of the legendary Tiger hedge fund. Buchholz holds advanced degrees from
Cambridge University and from Harvard, where he was awarded the Allyn Young Teaching Prize by
the Department of Economics. His other books include New Ideas from Dead CEOs, From Here to
Economy, Market Shock, Bringing the Jobs Home, and a novel, The Castro Gene. He lives in Solana
Beach, California.
Praise for New Ideas from Dead Economists
“If you only read one economics book this year, read this one.”
—Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Professor of Political Economy, Harvard
University
“Readable . . . enjoyable . . . valuable to the lay reader who wishes to speak intelligently about economics and world markets.”
—National Review
“A first‐class book.”—The Christian Science Monitor
“Witty . . . accessible . . . a history of economic thought that won’t scare even the worst
econophobes.”—Phoenix Republic
“A sorely needed and well‐written guide to the still living ideas that fashion our prosperity.”—Alfred L. Malabre, Jr., author of Understanding the New Economy
“Lights up economics with a wickedly sparkling wit.”
—Associated Press
“An excellent review of contemporary macroeconomic theories and issues . . . It does not get any
better than this.”—Choice
“Effective and entertaining . . . highly recommended.”
—Library Journal
“Successfully puts a wide range of economic theories and philosophies into an understandable,
everyday perspective.”
—Booklist
3
ALSO BY TODD G. BUCHHOLZ
NONFICTION
New Ideas from Dead CEOs
From Here to Economy
Market Shock
Bringing the Jobs Home
FICTION
The Castro Gene
4
5
PLUME
Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90
Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada
Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green,
Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road,
Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) • Penguin Books India Pvt.
Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi ‐ 110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive,
Rosedale, North Shore 0745, Auckland, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) • Penguin Books ...
Regístrate para leer el documento completo.