Introduction: Taking structure seriously -- Structure and its measurement in econometrics -- Theory, structure and models -- Two strands of demand analysis -- Trygve Haavelmo and measuring the structure of the consumption function -- Milton Friedman and the emergence of the permanent income...

Introduction -- Unintended consequences -- The origin of money -- Segregation -- The invisible hand -- The origin of money reconsidered -- Models and representation -- Game theory and conventions -- Conclusion

The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that 'the purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.' This...