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Robert Heilbroner was a prominent economist, born on March 24, 1919, and passed away on January 4, 2005. His research focused on macroeconomics and the history of economics, profoundly influencing economic theory and policy.

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Famous Robert Heilbroner Quotes

“The Wealth of Nations may not be an original book, but it is unquestionably a masterpiece.”

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Book:The Great Economists: Their Lives and Their Conceptions of the World

Source: The Great Economists: Their Lives and Their Conceptions of the World

“Economists can be called the worldly philosophers for they sought to embrace in a scheme of philosophy the most worldly of man's activities-his drive for wealth.”

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Author:Robert Heilbroner

“Very few of the heroes of the Golden Age of American finance had much interest in the solid realities of what underlay their structure of stocks and bonds and credits. Later on, a Henry Ford might introduce an era of intensely production-minded captains of industry, but the Harrimans, Morgans, Fricks, and Rockefellers were far more interested in the exciting manipulation of huge masses of intangible wealth than in the humdrum business of turning out goods.”

About the Author

Born: March 24, 1919
Died: January 4, 2005
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 36

Books & Sources

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic ThinkersRelated source material

Marxism: For and AgainstRelated source material

The Great Economists: Their Lives and Their Conceptions of the WorldRelated source material

The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic ThinkersRelated source material

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