San Antonio College Library

"In his long and distinguished career as a writer and scholar Julian Simon came to be known as one of the leading - and most controversial - authorities on population economics. An immensely productive writer, his work is unified by a basic core belief: that human intellect and ingenuity are ever-renewable resources in the use and preservation of natural resources. Inevitably. Simon's position provoked the hostility of doctrinaire environmentalists,...

The biography of an economist whose work as a journalist helped the American public understand the economics of the Great Depression.

"John Kenneth Galbraith is America's most famous economist for good reason. A witty commentator on America's political follies and a versatile author of bestselling books that warn prophetically of the dangers of deregulated markets, corporate greed, and inattention to the costs of our military power, Galbraith always makes economics relevant to the crises of the day. This first authorized biography is, in Richard Parker's hands, an important reinterpretation...

Introduces the lives and principal ideas of five leading economists living today Paul Anthony Samualson, Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Wassily Leontief and Kenneth E. Boulding.

Few individuals have participated so diversely in the cultural and political life of both the nation and the world as Galbraith. The Harvard economist was ambassador to India and an author and journalist. This volume brings together short pieces published over the past three decades and includes his views on world affairs, domestic politics and literary matters. Arranged in nine parts, the essays deal with a variety of subjects, and include the author's...

Biographies of Eleanor, Allen and John Foster Dulles, children of Allen Macy Dulles and Edith Foster. Foster, Allen, and Eleanor Dulles were three extraordinarily strong individuals, yet, as Leonard Mosley shows so brilliantly, they were linked by a complex "family network," forged in an outwardly conventional childhood. This book's insight into their private lives--including their decidedly unusual years of growing up--reveals the remarkable interplay...

"W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, the first intellectual biography of Lewis, Robert Tignor traces Lewis's life from its beginnings on the small island of St. Lucia to Lewis's arrival at Princeton University in the early 1960s. A chronicle of Lewis's unfailing efforts to promote racial justice and decolonization, the book provides a history of development...

A former consultant to the U.S. government reveals the inner workings of the high-stakes economic game that encourages Third World economies to borrow money so that major corporations like Halliburton end up getting the contracts.