This paper, based on the introductory remarks made at the two-day conference on “The State of the Economy, the State of the World,” is an idiosyncratic stocktaking of the trajectory of economics from Adam Smith to contemporary times, with special attention to the rise of development...

This paper, based on the introductory remarks made at the two-day conference on "The State of the Economy, the State of the World," is an idiosyncratic stocktaking of the trajectory of economics from Adam Smith to contemporary times, with special attention to the rise of development economics....

This paper, based on the introductory remarks made at the two-day conference on "The State of the Economy, the State of the World," is an idiosyncratic stocktaking of the trajectory of economics from Adam Smith to contemporary times, with special attention to the rise of development economics....

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Property of the Social Media Data -- Chapter 3: “A Giant Glob of Oily Ambiguity”: On the Use of the Concept of Power in Economics -- Chapter 4: Temptation and Crime -- Chapter 5: Moral Costs of Corruption: A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 6:...