Chapter 1: Adam Smith (1723-1790) -- Chapter 2: David Ricardo (1772 -1823) -- Chapter 3: Karl Marx (1818-1883).-Chapter 4: Léon Walras (1834-1910) -- Chapter 5: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) -- Chapter 6: Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) -- Chapter 7: Friedrich Hayek (1899 -1992) -- Chapter 8:...

Adam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the promise and pitfalls of globalization to his steadfast belief in the preservation of human dignity, his work is as...