Through the teachings of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman and more, renowned economist Todd Buchholz shows how age-old ideas still apply to our modern world.
In this revised edition, Buchholz offers fascinating insights on the most relevant issues of 2021: climate change, free trade debates, the refugee crisis, growth and conflict in Russia and China, game theory, and behavioral economics.
New Ideas from Dead Economists--found on the desks of university students, prime ministers, and Wall Street titans--is a riveting guide to understanding both the evolution of economic theory and our complex contemporary economy.