Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius

An instant New York Times bestseller, in a sweeping narrative the author of the esteemed 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. Grand Pursuit is the epic story of the making of modern economics, of how economics rescued mankind from squalor and deprivation by placing its material fate in its own hands.

A New York Times bestseller, this sweeping narrative from the author of 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. Grand Pursuit is the epic story of the making of modern economics, of how economics rescued mankind from squalor and deprivation by placing its material fate in its own hands.

Author: Sylvia Nasar
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 07/31/2012
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780684872995
ISBN10: 0684872994
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- Business & Economics | Economics | Theory
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists

About the Author
Sylvia Nasar is the author of the bestselling A Beautiful Mind, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. She is the John S. and James L. Knight Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.