Includes bibliographical references (pages [288]-307).
Contents
Foreword / Martin Feldstein -- 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 -- The Monetarist Battle Against Keynes -- The Public Choice School: Politics as a Business -- The Wild World of Rational Expectations -- Dark Clouds, Silver Linings.
