opportunity to understand why he became such a significant figure in economics over much of the second half of the twentieth … scholar, an indefatigable editor, a generous colleague, a fierce debater. His passing was a sad loss for economics and for the … history of economics. This volume, a kind of Mark Blaug in Retrospect, is a fitting memorial that, at once, captures his many …

known yet equally important economists. Mark Blaug demonstrates that modern economics is an accumulated heritage of specific … ideas of individual economists. Mark Blaug has brought his formidable powers to bear on the history of economics producing a … companion that nobody interested in economics will want to be without. The reprint of this classic work will be an essential …