ISBN: 9780241234976 Kahneman continually refers to System 2 as “lazy”: We don’t want to think rigorously about something. There is quite a bit to like about this book. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. We’re glad you found a book that interests you. RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 2019. --Tyler Cowen, the Holbert L. Harris Chair of economics, George Mason University, and author of The Complacent Class and The Great Stagnation"An extremely engaging survey of the life times and ideas of the great thinkers of economic history, woven together with useful discussions of how their ideas still shape economic policy today. Following the initial email, you will be contacted by the shop to confirm that your item is available for collection. Linda Yueh is renowned for her combination of erudition, as an accomplished economist herself, and accessibility, as a leading writer and broadcaster in this field; and in The Great Economists she explains the key thoughts of history's greatest economists, how their lives and times affected their ideas, how our lives have been influenced by their work, and how they could help with the policy challenges that we face today. Please select a reason for reporting this review: We have recently updated our Privacy Policy. --John Kay, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and the author of Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance"A great way to learn in an easily readable manner about some of the greatest economic influences of the past, but also a good way to test your own a priori assumptions about some of the big challenges of our time." Learn more about the program. This book is a very readable introduction to the lives and thinking of the greats, and reminds us that policymakers continue to be, as Keynes wrote, 'slaves of some defunct economist'.” --Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago and author of Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy"To anyone with even a passing interest in the economic problems, large and small, affecting us today, What Would the Great Economists Do?