Most leading economics departments no longer teach the History of Economic Thought. Prominent macroeconomists nevertheless frequently deploy inaccurate accounts of the earlier development of ideas as rhetorical devices. These same economists have, however, also taught us that an understanding of...

[A Review Essay on A. W. H. Phillips ...] Historians of economic thought know that citation counts are a very imperfect measure of an economist's influence. Imagine, for example, what Ricardo's might look like were he cited every time someone mentioned comparative advantage, or Walras' were he...