Robert Heilbroner

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Robert Heilbroner ( Robert Louis Heilbroner * 24. March 1919 in New York City ; † 4. January 2005 ) was a US -American economist and economic historian.

Life

Heilbroner comes from a wealthy German-Jewish family. He studied at Harvard University , among others . B. at Paul Sweezy . He completed his studies in 1940 summa cum laude . During the Second World War he worked in the price control office under John Kenneth Galbraith . After the war, he worked in banking before starting his academic career in 1950 at the New School for Social Research . During this time he was heavily influenced by the economic philosopher Adolph Lowe .

His famous book The Worldly Philosophers , in which he described the lives of important economists, appeared as early as 1953 . Until the 7th edition in 1999, the book had a print run of millions. Heilbroner received the Ph.D. 1961.

In 1971 he became Norman Thomas Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research in New York City , where he taught the history of economic thought for over twenty years. He published more than twenty books during this time.

Work (selection)

  • The Worldly Philosophers , 1953, Simon & Schuster, 7th edition, 1999, ISBN 0-684-86214-X
  • The Future as History , 1960
  • The Making of Economic Society , 1963, Prentice Hall, 11th edition 2001: ISBN 0-13-091050-3 (dissertation)
  • A Primer on Government Spending (with Peter L. Bernstein), New York: Vintage Books, 1963
  • The Limits of American Capitalism , Harper & Row, 1966
  • An Inquiry into the Human Prospect , 1974, WW Norton, 3rd edition 1991: ISBN 0-393-96185-0
  • Marxism: For and Against , 1st ed. New York: WW Norton, 1980. ISBN 0-393-95166-9
  • The Economic Transformation of America: 1600 to the Present , New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977, 4th edition (Wadsworth Publishing), 1998, ISBN 0-15-505530-5 .
  • Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going (with Lester Thurow ), 1982, 4th edition, 1998, ISBN 0-684-84641-1
  • The Nature and Logic of Capitalism , 1985, WW Norton, ISBN 0-393-95529-X
  • Behind the Veil of Economics: Essays in the Worldly Philosophy , 1988, WW Norton, ISBN 0-393-30577-5
  • The Debt and Deficit: False Alarms / Real Possibilities (with Peter L. Bernstein), 1989, WW Norton, ISBN 0-393-30611-9
  • "Analysis and Vision in the History of Modern Economic Thought." Journal of Economic Literature (September 1990): 1097-1114.
  • 21st Century Capitalism , 1993, WW Norton hardcover: ISBN 0-88784-534-7 , 1994 paperback: ISBN 0-393-31228-3 .
  • "Technological Determinism Revisited." In Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism , edited by Merritt Roe Smith and Leo Marx, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1994.
  • The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought . (with William S. Milberg), 1995, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-49774-4
  • Teachings from the Worldly Philosophers , WW Norton, 1996, ISBN 0-393-31607-6
  • The Economic Transformation of America Since 1865 (with Alan Singer), Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1997, ISBN 0-15-501242-8

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personal data
SURNAME Heilbroner, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heilbroner, Robert Louis; Heilbroner, Robert L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and economic historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2005
Place of death New York City