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Major schools of economic theory prepared for prof. Bhatia history of economic thought includes the doctrines and generalizations of various thinkers which deal with the economic phenomena of our life. The development of economic theory since adam smith. I found the book to be very general and not extremely analyticalscholarly if you will. The lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers for kindle. This text contains portions of great works in their original form to whet the appetite and to encourage discussion within the classroom. I do not want to read too much meaning into these the various statements in the literature.
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