Full name: Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery

Author: David Warsh Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Economics, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393059960 9780393329889 0393059960 0393329887

Giving a glimpse of the essential science of economics, this book tells the story of what has come to be called the new growth theory: the paradox identified by Adam Smith, its disappearance and occasional resurfacing in the 19th century, and the development of various technical tools in the 20th century. Similar books: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin M. Friedman Applied Economics by Thomas Sowell Zombie Economics by John Quiggin The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises Common Sense Economics by James D. Gwartney Kicking Away the Ladder by Ha-Joon Chang Economic Sophisms by Frederic Bastiat The Failure of the New Economics by Henry Hazlitt The economics of life by Gary S. Becker Pop Internationalism by Paul Krugman The Zero Sum Society Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change by Lester C. Thurow A Humane Economy by Wilhelm Ropke Butterfly Economics by Paul Ormerod New Ideas from Dead Economists by Todd G. Buchholz Bourgeois Dignity by Deirdre N. McCloskey The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly The Noblest Triumph by Tom Bethell Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser The Origin of Financial Crises by George Cooper