Steven G Medema
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From the philosophical dialogues of Ancient Greece and the moral contemplations of Medieval Europe to deregulation and cryptocurrency, “The Economics Book” presents 250 milestones in the science of the production, sale, and purchase of goods and services. These concise, engaging, informative essays examine the full gamut of subjects, revealing both the entertaining stories and the world-changing developments in the field.
Shedding thoughtful...
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"Winner of the 2010 Best Book Prize, European Society for the History of Economic Thought" Steven G. Medema is professor of economics at the University of Colorado Denver. His many books include Economics and the Law: From Posner to Post-Modernism and Beyond (Princeton).
Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself--not by government--led, via an invisible...
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Nicholas Mercuro is Professor of Law in Residence at Michigan State University College of Law and a faculty member of James Madison College. He has authored or edited seven books and is the founder and coeditor of the book series The Economics of Legal Relationships. Steven G. Medema, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado at Denver, is the author of Ronald H. Coase and editor of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought.
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