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The Worldly Philosophers is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas -- namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines. In a bold new concluding chapter entitled "The End of the Worldly Philosophy?" Heilbroner reminds us that the word "end" refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that today's increasingly "scientific" economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future.
罗伯特·L.海尔布隆纳
美国著名经济学家与经济思想史学家，毕业于哈佛大学，社会研究新学院博士。在经济学界享有盛名。曾担任社会研究新学院教授，美国经济学会副会长，并由纽约州人文学科会议提名为年度学者。
1953年，《几位著名经济思想家的生平、时代和思想》出版，一经问世便风靡至今，被翻译成22种语言，是一本学术界和大众都认可的经济学著作。