Life -- Kirkcaldy boy, 1723-1746 -- "The most useful, happiest and most honourable period of my life", 1746-1759 -- Enlightened interlude, 1760-1773 -- "You are surely to reign alone on these subjects", 1773-1776 -- Working to the end, 1776-1790 -- Thought -- Reputation, fact and myth -- Smith's...

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...

Volkswirtschafts-Crashkurs für jedermann. Von Marx bis von Hayek, von Sozialismus bis Liberalismus - eine Auswahl der wichtigsten ökonomischen Köpfe und Theorien, kurz und prägnant vorgestellt. Wer schon immer wissen wollte, worin sich Keynes und Friedman unterscheiden, ob Marx und von Hayek...