History of Economic Thought (4/18/14)
Rachel Donaldson writes: In class we have been reading Robert Heilbroner’s The Worldly Philosophers and this week we read the chapter on Thorstein Veblen. We began by discussing how Veblen’s economic views intersected with earlier economic theorists like Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, and Marx. Specifically, we examined how Veblen’s view that taking pride in work is a part […]