Evolution of Economic Ideas: Adam Smith to Amartya Sen and Beyond

Do you know that Karl Marx, who despised the capitalist class, was actually raised in an upper-middle-class family? And that the distinguished economist John Maynard Keynes scored poorly in economics in the civil service examination-which he attributed to the examiner's lack of knowledge of the subject?

Vinay Bharat-Ram, in this delightful and breezy read, offers revealing glimpses into the lives and social circumstances of some of the most influential economic thinkers who have determined ...