Description:"I loved this book. Gobbled it up. If you want a sense of where economics might have gone wrong, and how it could right itself - this is an excellent primer." Ed Conway, author of Material WorldFrom the workings of financial markets to our response to the ecological crisis, economic theory shapes the world. But where do these ideas come from?Ricardo’s Dream tells the fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith’s only real rival as the ‘founder of economics’: The wealthiest stock trader of his day, Ricardo introduced the study of abstract models to economics. He also developed the theory of trade that underpinned globalization and hides, behind its mathematical façade, a history of power, empire and slavery.Brimming with fresh ideas and stories, Ricardo’s Dream shows how too many economists, from Ricardo’s day to our own, have turned away from observing the real world and led us astray.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray. To get started finding Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray
Description: "I loved this book. Gobbled it up. If you want a sense of where economics might have gone wrong, and how it could right itself - this is an excellent primer." Ed Conway, author of Material WorldFrom the workings of financial markets to our response to the ecological crisis, economic theory shapes the world. But where do these ideas come from?Ricardo’s Dream tells the fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith’s only real rival as the ‘founder of economics’: The wealthiest stock trader of his day, Ricardo introduced the study of abstract models to economics. He also developed the theory of trade that underpinned globalization and hides, behind its mathematical façade, a history of power, empire and slavery.Brimming with fresh ideas and stories, Ricardo’s Dream shows how too many economists, from Ricardo’s day to our own, have turned away from observing the real world and led us astray.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray. To get started finding Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.