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Meet the original 'Father of Economics' — it's not Adam Smith
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:08
Publish Date: 2025-07-17 22:10:00
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Adam Smith may be known as 'The Father of Economics,' but 400 years before him, Muslim scholar Ibn Khaldun was putting forward economic theories that are now taken for granted. IDEAS explores Ibn Khaldun's famous book, Muqaddimah and the lessons it has for us on the philosophy of history, economics, biology, sociology, and political theory. *This episode originally aired on June 24, 2021.
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