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020			_a9780199466832
082			_a330 _bBHA-E
100			_aBharat-Ram, Vinay
245			_aEvolution of economic ideas _b: Adam Smith to Amartya Sen and Beyond
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2017
300			_axiii, 184p.
504			_aIncluded bibliography
520			_aThe history of economic thought can be traced to the Industrial Revolution and the 19th-century Great Divergence until which it remained an integral part of philosophy. This book deals with different thinkers and theories to explore ideas that later became the foundation of modern economics. Through the lives and social circumstances of eminent economists from Adam Smith through Marx, Keynes and many others to Amartya Sen and beyond, it establishes that each one was a keen observer of the social conditions of his time. The book adopts a unique approach of not only bringing together the thoughts of such thinkers but also highlighting how they were often vehemently different from one another. Through a narrative inspired by a kind of Socratic dialogue based on the author’s classroom interactions with his students, it discusses the evolution of economic ideas, ending with a look at modern economics in the context of the great recession.
650			_aEconomics _vEconomic history.
942			_2ddc _cBK