His 1953 book, "The Worldly Philosophers," which has sold nearly four million copies, is a "Profiles in Courage" of the great thinkers who shaped modern economics.

Robert Heilbroner, in his book 'The Worldly Philosophers', held this view.

March 24 - Robert Heilbroner, author of The Worldly Philosophers (died 2005)

"The Worldly Philosophers," Robert Heilbroner's tales of the great economists, first aroused his interest.

The Worldly Philosophers.

Mr. Heilbroner completed his doctoral course requirements by 1952 and finished "The Worldly Philosophers" the next year.

After "The Worldly Philosophers" was published his faculty advisers scolded him, saying the book would have filled the bill beautifully.

Robert Heilbroner was one of Schumpeter's most renowned pupils, who wrote extensively about him in The Worldly Philosophers.

The Worldly Philosophers - the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers.

The Worldly Philosophers, Simon & Schuster.