The Great Pioneers of Economics

Contents: Preface. 1. Economics. 2. Classification of Economics. 3. Aristotle. 4. Xenophon. 5. Chanakya. 6. Thomas Aquinas. 7. Adam Smith. 8. Thomas Robert Malthus. 9. David Ricardo. 10. John Maynard Keynes. 11. Alfred Marshall. 12. John Stuart Mill. 13. Milton Friedman.  14. Joseph Schumpeter. 15. John von Neumann. Bibliography. Index.

Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Current economic models emerged from the broader field of political economy in the late 19th century. A primary stimulous for the development of modern economics was the desire to use an empirical approach more akin to the physical sciences.

This book illustrates how Economics emerged and developed. Who have been the founding fathers of economics. Though a galaxy of celebrated economists is there, keeping in view the size of the volume we have chosen a select few as representative economists.