Books by D. P. O'Brien
“It’s about the doctrine of laissez-faire, the doctrine that the government exists in order to protect property rights and established contracts and make sure that contracts are enforced and that that’s the sole role of the government. That’s not something that any sane economists actually taught. But it is what economists were thought to have taught.” Read more...
The Best Books on the Classical Economists
Brad DeLong, Economist
Interviews where books by D. P. O'Brien were recommended
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The Passions and the Interests
by Albert Hirschman -
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The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L Heilbroner -
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The Classical Economists Revisited
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Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet and the Enlightenment
by Emma Rothschild -
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Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life
by Jonathan Sperber
The Best Books on the Classical Economists, recommended by Brad DeLong
The Best Books on the Classical Economists, recommended by Brad DeLong
They were an eclectic bunch, including, among others, a stock market speculator, a moral philosopher, a cleric, a lawyer and a journalist. From the late-18th to the mid-19th century, they provided the first systematic explanations of how economies work, where they fail and how they might be made to work better. Here, Brad DeLong, a professor of economics at UC Berkeley, introduces the classical economists, and suggests books to read to learn more about them and what they were trying to achieve.
