The Worldly Philosophers

Robert Heilbroner's The Worldly Philosophers is the most widely read text on the history of economic thought ever written. Here, the great economic thinkers--from Adam Smith to Malthus, Marx to John Maynard Keynes--come to life in the context of their times. We come to see their ideas not merely as inspired works of the past but as commentaries that light up our own times. Millions of copies of this universally celebrated book have been sold in five editions and in two dozen languages. For over fifty years it has been the standard text in hundreds of introductory economics courses, educating and entertaining millions of readers, teachers, and students alike.

Robert L. Heilbroner is the Norman Thomas Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at the New School for Social Research and is the author of more than twenty books. He lives in New York City.

Mary Woods began her career in Washington, DC, where she performed at Ford's Theater, the Folger Theater, Round House, and Washington Stage Guild. She spent several seasons at New Playwrights' Theater developing new American plays. She is a veteran narrator of Talking Books for the Library of Congress, and received the Alexander Scourby Narrator of the Year Award for fiction in 1996. Formerly a radio news director, she now hosts a daily local affairs interview program on Catholic Radio, for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. She lives in Albuquerque, where she continues to act on stage and in film. She received her BA at the Catholic University of America in Fine Arts and Drama.

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