This book explains the importance of the history of economic thought in the curriculum of economists, whereas most discussions of this kind are devoted to expla

Thirty years ago, the economic system of the Soviet empire—socialism—seemed definitively discredited. Today, the most popular figures in the Democratic Part

Ever since Antiquity, reflections about economic problems have always been intertwined with questions relating to politics, ethics and religion. From the 18th c

The book investigates the many ways that economic and moral reasoning interact, overlap and conflict both historically and at present. The book explores economi