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The big three in economics : Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes
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The big three in economics : Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes

by Mark Skousen

This study traces the lives and ideas of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes, analysing how their competing philosophies of laissez-faire, socialism, and government intervention continue to shape modern global politics and economics.

Accession 16574 ISBN 9780765616944 Publisher M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
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