by Alain Minc · Grasset & Fasquelle · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246667117
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«Les prophètes du bonheur» is Alain Minc's essay on the history of economics, published by Grasset & Fasquelle in paperback (360 pages, in French).
Alain Minc treats economics as a discipline turned by public opinion into a religion from which wealth and happiness are expected. The author surveys the history of economics from Thomas Aquinas to contemporaries, with authors such as Smith, Marx or Keynes, and asks whether the «profètes du bonheur» are improvisers.
The subtitle of the work is 'Une histoire personnelle de la pensée économique'. The book won the Prix du Livre d'Économie and includes bibliographical references.
Aimed at readers of economics and history, and at those wanting a personal introduction to the great economists and to economic theory.
Alain Minc is a French businessman, political advisor and author.
