The Making of Modern Economics
The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers; Second Edition

Here is a bold new account of the lives and ideas of the great economistsAdam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, and many othersall written by a top freemarket economist, presented in an entertaining and persuasive style. Professor Mark Skousen tells a powerful story of economics with dozens of anecdotes and illustrations of the great economic thinkers.