Critical Assignment: Biographical Application Paper
The critical assignment is a biographical/application paper of 8-12 pages, APA format. The paper should include a short biographical summary of the theorist including date, place of birth, and education (if relevant). Other questions that could be answered include:
1. Who are the contemporaries of this economist?
2. Who influenced him and/or who has he influenced?
3. What is his major contribution to the study of economics and why is it important?
4. How do you think this economist would view the most recent world-wide financial crisis?
a. What are the factors leading to it?
b. What should have been done to correct it?
c. What factors should be in place to prevent it happening again?
5. For this assignment, you must choose from the list of recommended theorists given below. Other Details in attachement.
Historically Important Economists
Bentham, Jeremy
George, Henry
Hayek, Friedrich
Malthus, Thomas
Marshall, Alfred
Mill, John Stuart
Minsky, Hyman
Mises, Ludwig von
Pigou, A.C.
Ricardo, David
Say, John Baptiste
Schumpeter, Joseph
Veblen, Thorstein.
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