Former Boston Globe columnist David Warsh writes the online newsletter Economic Principals. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
"A fascinating journey through the world of economic thought—and
the lives of economists—from Adam Smith to the present day... If
you like reading stories of high intellectual drama, if you want to
know the origin of ideas that, as Keynes said, "are dangerous for
good or evil," this book is for you."
*Paul Krugman - New York Times Book Review*
"A fascinating story of discovery, meticulously reported and
essential reading for anyone curious as to what makes economics
tick."
*Tim Harford - Financial Times*
"The glory of this elegantly written book is that all you need to
bring is your curiosity."
*Steven Pearlstein - Washington Post*
"Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations tells the story of the rebel
economics of increasing returns. A veteran observer of dismal
scientists at work…Mr. Warsh has written the best book of its kind
since Peter Bernstein’s Capital Ideas."
*The Economist*
"An in-depth look at the ‘new growth theory,’ conceived by Adam
Smith and unproven until recently, with profound implications for
us all."
*The Atlantic*
"Warsh pulls off a tour de force. He takes us all the way back to
Adam Smith, and then forward in time in an illuminating tour of
economic history. In his hands, economics is far from the ‘dismal
science’—it is a discipline that, with many a zigzag and no
shortage of ideological disagreements, has steadily progressed in
its understanding of how economies work."
*Andrew Leonard - Salon*
"The book on [Paul] Romer for the ages, a truly splendid creation
on both the science and the person."
*Tyler Cowen - Marginal Revolution*
"A great book. The first place to look to learn some of the
backstory for work on growth."
*Paul Romer, Winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
Sciences*
"A fascinating journey through the world of economic thought-and
the lives of economists-from Adam Smith to the present day... If
you like reading stories of high intellectual drama, if you want to
know the origin of ideas that, as Keynes said, "are dangerous for
good or evil," this book is for you." -- Paul Krugman - New York
Times Book Review
"A fascinating story of discovery, meticulously reported and
essential reading for anyone curious as to what makes economics
tick." -- Tim Harford - Financial Times
"The glory of this elegantly written book is that all you need to
bring is your curiosity." -- Steven Pearlstein - Washington
Post
"Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations tells the story of
the rebel economics of increasing returns. A veteran observer of
dismal scientists at work...Mr. Warsh has written the best book of
its kind since Peter Bernstein's Capital Ideas." -- The
Economist
"An in-depth look at the 'new growth theory,' conceived by Adam
Smith and unproven until recently, with profound implications for
us all." -- The Atlantic
"Warsh pulls off a tour de force. He takes us all the way back to
Adam Smith, and then forward in time in an illuminating tour of
economic history. In his hands, economics is far from the 'dismal
science'-it is a discipline that, with many a zigzag and no
shortage of ideological disagreements, has steadily progressed in
its understanding of how economies work." -- Andrew Leonard -
Salon
"The book on [Paul] Romer for the ages, a truly splendid creation
on both the science and the person." -- Tyler Cowen - Marginal
Revolution
"A great book. The first place to look to learn some of the
backstory for work on growth." -- Paul Romer, Winner of the Nobel
Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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