The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes Hardcover – January 15, 2007

This is a very interesting book on the swings in mainstream economic philosophy since Adam Smith published his Wealth of Nations in the mid-17th century. Read more

This book is ridiculously, hopelessly biased. Do NOT read!!!

Skousen opens the book by describing the big three of the title, and immediately claims that Adam Smith is... Read more

Mark Skousen does not wait long with declaring his views on the "big three", although one would wish to find this information in the book title as well. Read more

This book is very readable and historically informative. I do agree with other reviewers that the author seems to have a philosophical bias. I am NOT an economist. Read more

If you're interested in a primer on economics, this is not the book for you. Mark Skousen isn't an economist, and he doesn't discuss economic ideas in any systematic way throughout... Read more

This book is billed as a revealing of the major three economist but is so much more. I enjoyed the way the book did stay in time chronological order but it was brought more to life... Read more

This book shows the benefits of not using the theorems of either Karl Marx or Keynes for a government economic plan.

I simply couldn't but this down and read it fairly quickly. So lucidly written. And it's pretty clear when he departs from the historical facts to his opinion (though obviously... Read more

This book pretends to be a objective look at 'the Big Three' but is really biased toward a one-sided pro free market point of view. Read more

I bought this book hoping for a history of economic thought, mainly of Smith, Marx and Keynes. What the books appears to be is a personal view of a "successful" financial market... Read more