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“david warsh”

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  • Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations

    A Story of Economic Discovery

    by David Warsh ...
    "What The Double Helix did for biology, David Warsh's Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations does for economics." —Boston GlobeA stimulating and inviting tour of modern economics centered on the story of one of its most important breakthroughs. In 1980, the twenty-four-year-old graduate student Paul Romer tackled one of the oldest puzzles in economics. Eight years later he solved it. This book tells ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Economic Principles

    The Masters and Mavericks of Modern Economics

    by David Warsh ...
    For nearly ten years, readers of the Sunday Boston Globe and newspapers around America have delighted in David Warsh's column, "Economic Principals." This collection shows why. Taken as a whole, Warsh's writings amount to a vast and colorful group portrait of the personalities who dominate modem economics -- from the luminaries to unknown soldiers to eccentrics who add sparkle to the tapestry ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations

    A Story of Economic Discovery

    by David Warsh ...
    Narrated by Mike Chamberlain ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 7 min

    "What The Double Helix did for biology, David Warsh's Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations does for economics." —Boston GlobeA stimulating and inviting tour of modern economics centered on the story of one of its most important breakthroughs. In 1980, the twenty-four-year-old graduate student Paul Romer tackled one of the oldest puzzles in economics. Eight years later he solved it. This book tells ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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