Robert Heilbroner | |
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| Born | March 24, 1919 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2005 (aged 85) New York City, U.S.[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Federal Office of Price Administration,
New School for Social Research, Wall Street commodities firm.[1] |
Robert L. Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 – January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought. 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.
- ^ a b Noble, Holcomb (2005-01-12). "Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-05.