"The book studies the origins and evolution of economic textbooks in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, up to the turning point represented by Paul Samuelson's Economics (1948), which became the template for all the textbooks of the postwar period. The case studies included in the book...

Lipsey, R. G. The foundations of the theory of national income.--Lancaster, K. Operationally relevant characteristics in the theory of consumer behaviour.--Foldes, L. Some comments on the theory of monopoly.--Peacock, A. T. Fiscal means and political ends.--Machlup, F. The universal...