Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Great Economists written and read by Linda Yueh.

What may the suggestions of history’s greatest economists reveal about the main issues of our time?

Since the days of Adam Smith, economists have grappled with some familiar complications – but often their ideas are hard to digest, before we even try to apply them to today’s issues. Linda Yueh is definitely renowned for her mix of erudition, as an accomplished economist herself, and about THE FANTASTIC Economists: How Their Ideas MIGHT HELP Us Today availability, as a leading writer and broadcaster with this field; and in THE FANTASTIC Economists she explains the main element thoughts of history’s most significant economists, how their lives and instances affected their suggestions, how our lives have already been influenced by their work, and exactly how they may help with the plan challenges that people face today.

In the light of current economic problems, and specifically economic development, Yueh explores the thoughts of economists from Adam Smith and David Ricardo through Joan Robinson and Milton Friedman to Douglass North and Robert Solow. Along the way she asks, for example: what do the ideas of Karl Marx tell us about the most likely potential for the Chinese language economy? How does the work of John Maynard Keynes, who argued for authorities spending to make full employment, help us consider state expenditure? And with globalization in big trouble, what can we find out about managing Brexit and Trumpism?

‘Economics learners, like others, can learn a whole lot from this book’ – Teacher Paul Collier, author of UNDERNEATH Billion

‘Not only a terrific way to learn in an conveniently readable manner about a number of the greatest economic influences of days gone by, but also a sensible way to test thoroughly your own a priori assumptions about a number of the big challenges of our time.’ – Lord Jim O’Neill, previous Chairman at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, previous UK Treasury Minister, and writer of The Development Map

‘An extremely interesting survey from the lifetimes and tips of the great thinkers of economic background.’ – Teacher Kenneth Rogoff, author of The Curse of Money and co-author of This Time differs