Acknowledgments -- No, this is not a joke -- Why does theoretical economic literature exist? -- What allows "literature-only" theoretical discourse to exist? -- How the game is played -- The quest for honest truth in economic science -- The effects of electronic files, citation counts, and...

Jugend- und Reifejahre -- Auf der Flucht -- Auswanderung in die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika -- Ein Anwalt ohne Sold, bemüht fürs Vaterland -- Nationalökonom und Visionär -- Das tragische Ende.

About seven years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, followed by a series of economic crises there are hardly any signs for a crisis of economics. After a short period of public, political and self-criticism of economics and distinct economists the dominant crisis narratives brought...