The Worldly Philosophers Author:Robert L. Heilbroner "madmen in authority" wrote the late lord keynes, "who hear voices in the air are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribble of a few years back" This is the story of those academic scribblers-from adam smith through malthus, karl marx, veblen, lord keynes himself, to the economists now wrestling with problems of our contemporary world.... more » their subject- economics- has been called the dismal science, but their private lives were full of strange and curious events, and the private worlds of ideas built around themselves make a fascinating reading.« less