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After classical economics-invented in the 18th century by Adam Smith then refined and altered the 19th- 20th-century thinkers followed footsteps-structures and sustains modern world. According to Lewis, theories aren't unreadable, dry-as-dust treatises; they're engaging and condition at its most and

The Real Everything presents masterworks that revolutionized the we understand markets on national, regional, and global scale. These helped shape the thinking politicians. statesmen, bankers, and financial around world countless generations past... and generations come. Assembled, and introduced by Lewis, the compilation begins Smith's Wealth Nations-the bible free market capitalism-and ends John Maynard Keynes's General Theory Interest Money-the foundational document of government managed market economies of the pres ent era. Also included are master works from Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Charles Mackay, and Thorstein Veblen. Each text, complete and unabridged, is prefaced by a brief, insightful assessment of the writer's life, work, and long-term impact.