NPR's Robert Siegel talks with James Galbraith Jr. on the contributions of  
Robert Heilbroner. 
 
Here's the beginning of the interview: 
 
Robert Heilbroner, who wrote "The Worldly Philosophers" and much else,  
died a week ago at the age of 85. Heilbroner was an economist and, in the  
judgment of BusinessWeek back in 1972, perhaps the best-selling economics  
author of all time. One reason for his success: He was that rarity, a  
lucid, elegant writer about economics and economists. Heilbroner was  
Norman Thomas Professor of Economics at the New School in New York City.  
One of his co-authors was . . . 
 
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