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The Worldly Philosophers

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Economic Revolution
Chapter 3: The Wonderful World of Adam Smith
Chapter 4: The Gloomy Presentiments of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo
Chapter 5: The Visions of the Utopian Socialists
Chapter 6: The Inexorable System of Karl Marx
Chapter 7: The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics
Chapter 8: The Savage Society of Thorstein Veblen
Chapter 9: The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes
Chapter 10: The Contradictions of Joseph Schumpeter
Chapter 11: Behind the Worldly Philosophy

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Chapter 7: The Victorian World and the Underworld of Economics

The Victorian Age

The period associated with the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, 1837-1901.

Imperialism

The extension of authority, or control, of one nation over another.

Economic Imperialism

The economic and/or political domination of underdeveloped countries by powerful nations. The period between 1870 and 1914 is known as Europe's "Golden Age of Imperialism."

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