
Grand Pursuit
The Story of Economic Genius
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Narrado por:
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John Bedford Lloyd
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Anne Twomey
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Sylvia Nasar
In a sweeping narrative, the author of the mega-bestseller A Beautiful Mind takes us on a journey through modern history with the men and women who changed the lives of every single person on the planet. It’s the epic story of the making of modern economics, and of how it rescued mankind from squalor and deprivation by placing its material fate in its own hands rather than in Fate.
Nasar’s account begins with Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew observing and publishing the condition of the poor majority in mid nineteenth-century London, the richest and most glittering place in the world. This was a new pursuit. She then describes the efforts of Marx, Engels, Alfred Marshal, Beatrice and Sydney Webb, and Irving Fisher to put those insights into action - with revolutionary consequences for the world.
From the great John Maynard Keynes to Schumpeter, Hayek, Keynes’s disciple Joan Robinson, the influential American economists Paul Samuelson and Milton Freedman, and India’s Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, she shows how the insights of these activist thinkers transformed the world - from one city, London, to the developed nations in Europe and America, and now to the entire world.
In Nasar’s dramatic account of these discoverers we witness men and women responding to personal crises, world wars, revolutions, economic upheavals, and each other’s ideas to turn back Malthus and transform the dismal science into a triumph over mankind’s hitherto age-old destiny of misery and early death.
This idea, unimaginable less than 200 years ago, is a story of trial and error, and ultimately transcendent, rendered here in stunning narrative.
©2011 Sylvia Nasar. All rights reserved. (P)2011 Simon and Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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That was before this book. Now I'm a fan of at least 3 entities. This is a whole new world for me to dig into, and learn about. Glad I read this.
Ideas matter
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Would you listen to Grand Pursuit again? Why?
Yes, this book does an excellent job telling capsule life stories of the post 1850 economists (& some other social scientist), the key elements of their thought and, most importantly, the context in which they lived, and which helped to powerfully shape their thought and build the foundation of modern economics. You do not need to be an economics major or economist to appreciate this work.What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
The putting of economic thought into context, so that we can understand its roots when the idea of these individuals is cited (& more frequently, misappropriated) today.What about John Bedford Lloyd, and Anne Twomey’s performance did you like?
Both narrators do a good job with the text.If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Adventures in Economic Thoughtgreat history book
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A recurring theme, since the book covers lives as well as work, is various famous economists struggling to find love. We don't usually think of them this way, and I wonder whether economists were more or less romantically tormented than their contemporaries.
The other enjoyable part is learning who really weren't that significant of thinkers, despite their oversized reputations; in particular: Marx and Hayek. I've never bothered to read either, and Nasar makes clear that that's not a problem. There really are no theres there.
I found the switching back and forth of narrators irritating, and I strongly preferred the female reader to the male one. I'm not sure what led to this odd choice, but I hope this doesn't start a trend.
Truly extraordinary but a little dull
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I am interested in this sort of mix of personal and cultural history...provides many insights into how the word economy developed as it did, and the personalities who contributed to our understanding of economicsWho would you have cast as narrator instead of John Bedford Lloyd and Anne Twomey ?
The female narrator was excellent...switching part-way through was just bizarre.Was Grand Pursuit worth the listening time?
so-sowhy switch narrators- Act 2??? so disruptive!
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Interesting sketches of famous economists’ lives
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A Primer for Our Own Time
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A good read in 2011
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How is it possible that in such a short time span, say since the early 19th century, that the world has become both immeasurable more wealthy and fantastically less equal? Why is it that some nations have seen exponential growth in income per capita, life expectancy and a drop in childhood mortality - where other societies persist in relative poverty and ill-health?
To answer any of these questions, we must first find an economist. Or at least someone who has absorbed the theories and ideas of the great economists.
The idea that a people or a nation could exert some control over its own economic destiny is a relatively new one, and has its origins in the 19th century economic thinkers that Nassar profiles in her gorgeous and essential new book Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius. From the 19th century thinkers such as Karl Marx and Alfred Marshall, grappling with the meaning for society that is shifting for agriculture to industry, Nassar moves on the great economic thinkers of 20th century and how they understood, (and tried to end) two world wars and a Great Depression.
Keynes and Hayek get top billing in this story, and through their lives Nassar illuminates the economic theories and policies that led to, and eventually helped end (with the help of World War II) the depression of the 1930s. The story of Keynes and Keynesian thought is well known to non-economists and economic historians, but Nassar's narrative on the impact of Hayek on our modern thinking was, for me, a revelation.
In Grand Pursuit, Nassar succeeds in elucidating the history of modern economic thought by evoking the personal contexts of the individuals from which these theories emerged. Grand Pursuit could have been subtitled: "A Biography of Economic Thought". This approach takes longer than a straightforward exposition of the major ideas of economic history, but by situating these ideas in the times they were conceived, the reader of Grand Pursuit ultimately enjoy a much richer and nuanced understanding of the ideas the continue to rule our world.
Grand Pursuit is the kind of book I think that will convince some people to go to graduate school to study economic history. That would be a fine result.
A Beautiful Grand Pursuit
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
this book has far too much gossip, and too little economicsWhat three words best describe John Bedford Lloyd and Anne Twomey ’s performance?
Towney is quite good; Bedford is far too slowIf this book were a movie would you go see it?
Nodisappointing;
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What would have made Grand Pursuit better?
Nothing I plan to buy it as a book and read it again by myself.What did you like best about this story?
How the author brought to life all of those dead economists from long ago.How could the performance have been better?
There were two narrators. The male narrator kept putting me to sleep.Any additional comments?
Redo it with better readers!!Economic Story
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