The Wisdom of Ants - A Short History of Economics Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2009) In Statecraft

In Statecraft

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The Wisdom of Ants - A Short History of Economics Dayton Literary Peace Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2009) In StatecraftAs the fable goes, in the summer when the ants were busy gathering food, grasshoppers lived a carefree life. Come winter, the ants lived off their store, while the grasshoppers were left starving. It appears that this lesson was eventually learnt by humans, who shifted from hunting and gathering to agriculture. The wisdom of ants that they borrowed did not end here but helped to lay the foundation of economics as a distinct discipline. This book takes