
Unsung Heroes of the Market
The 24 Underrated Economists You Need to Know
$96.89
- Hardcover
456 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
You’ve heard of Adam Smith and Milton Friedman. But the economists whose quiet brilliance has kept the free market running? You don’t see them on book covers—until now.
Edited by Robert M. Whaples, Co-Editor and Managing Editor of the acclaimed academic journal The Independent Review, Unsung Heroes of the Market: The 24 Underrated Economists You Need to Know reveals a cast of overlooked thinkers who shaped the economic foundations of the modern world—yet remain large…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598134285 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598134280 |
| Author: | Robert M. Whaples, Christopher J. Coyne, Gregory J. Robson, Diana W. Thomas |
| Publisher: | Independent Institute,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Independent Institute,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 456 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 780g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 36mm |
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About The Author
Robert M. Whaples
Robert M. Whaples is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Co-Editor and Managing Editor of The Independent Review, Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University, and Director and Book Review Editor for EH.NET. He is the co-editor of the Independent Institute books Is Social Justice Just?, In All Fairness, and Pope Francis and the Caring Society. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also served as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Associate Editor of the Business Library Review, and Chair of the Cliometric Society.
Christopher J. Coyne is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Co-Editor of The Independent Review, Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Programs for the Department of Economics at George Mason University, and Co-Editor of the Review of Austrian Economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. He has taught at the University of West Virginia and Hampden-Sydney College, and he has been the Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Visiting Scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University.
Gregory J. Robson is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Associate Research Professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, and Co-Editor of The Independent Review. He received his B.S. in economics and human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University, A.L.M. in government from Harvard University, M.A. in philosophy from Duke University, and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona.
Diana W. Thomas is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University, and Co-Editor of The Independent Review. She received her Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and she previously served as Assistant Professor of Economics in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
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