The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics
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Editor: Michael LewisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 140274790X
Number of pages: 1472
Publisher: Sterling
Book Reviews of The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics
Book Review: Too little commentary
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is the verbatim texts of several classics. That's sort of cool, but to be honest, reading 18th century prose is slow. Very, very slow...
Michael Lewis adds some commentary. Unfortunately, that's only a few pages per book. What is there is generally quite good, but it is far too little. In particular, it would have been interesting to see comments on the actual texts, as opposed to general comments on the authors' lives.
If you really want to read all the classics, it's convenient to have them all in one place. Otherwise, you should probably pass.
Summary of The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics
In his New York Times bestsellers Liar's Poker and Moneyball, Michael Lewis gave us an unprecedented look at what goes on behind the scenes on Wall Street. Now he takes us back across the centuries to explore the four classics that created and defined not just Wall Street, but the entire economic system we live under today. Brought together with Lewis's illuminating editorial commentary, they form an essential reference for any student of economics-in fact, for anyone who wants to understand the market forces and government policies that have shaped our world, and will continue to shape our future.
Includes:
1776: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
1798: An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
1817: Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo
1899: The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen
1936: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes
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1776: The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
1798: An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
1817: Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo
1899: The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen
1936: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes
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