Robert Heilbroner
American economist and historian of economic thought (1919-2005) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 85
Robert L. Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought.
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About this person
The author of some two dozen books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers (1953), a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes.
Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2005 · aged 85
