Tells the story of the conservative economists espousing free market and deregulatory policies during the four decades …

economics can be a powerful tool that improves the world--but only when economists abandon universal theories and focus on …. Models are the tools that make economics a science. Too often, however, economists mistake a model for the model that applies …Takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat account …