From the Book - Completely rev. and updated.
Introduction: The plight of the economist
The second coming of Adam Smith
Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom
David Ricardo and the cry for free trade
The stormy mind of John Stuart Mill
The angry oracle called Karl Marx
Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind
Old and new institutionalists
Keynes : bon vivant as savior
Milton Friedman and the monetarist battle against Keynes
The Public Choice school : politics as a business
The wild world of rational expectations and behavioral economics
Dark clouds, silver linings.
