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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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