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Synopsis Economics is being employed by individuals and societies since prehistoric times for their betterment and to satisfy their wants even before it was recognised as a subject or as a special area of scientific study of choices made by individuals and societies in regard to alternative uses of scarce resources which are employed to satisfy their wants and needs. When it comes to great economists, a few thinkers dominate the landscape. In broad span of time since these thinkers first presented their ideas, economic issues and concerns have changed greatly but society still has to learn valuable lessons from history's great economists, whether their theories have held up over time, required revision or have been discredited in practice. By providing glimpses into the mind of these geniuses who laid the foundation of modern economics the present encyclopaedic work offer new ideas and perspectives to enhance our understanding of the subject. As to learn more about how these great ones formed their ideas, one can gain a better grasp of important economic principles that drive and shape modern world. The present encyclopaedia of world great economists is a cogent account of its kind which records systematic responses of the great economists. Encyclopaedia in four volumes thus projects an elaborated view of the great pioneers of economic thought on all most all the broad aspects of seminal contributions made by them. These volumes contain not only selected speeches of the greatest economists but also incorporate a biographical sketches. This encyclopaedia comprised in four volumes is a unique and exclusive publication that will introduce an throw light on life and working pattern of some of the great economists of their times. This up-to-date and comprehensive work is designed to provide a useful and reliable facts about the masters of economics which will be of immense interest of students, teachers, academicians and general readers.