Filling in frameworks -- Machine as metaphor -- Instructions and incentives -- Choices and commands -- Specialization and sustainability -- Trade and trust -- Finance and fluctuations -- Policy in practice -- Macroeconomics and misgivings -- Concluding contemplation

The influence of political developments on the evolution of economic thought is the main theme behind this book. As the authors reveal throughout the book, history has shown many times that political events can trigger the formulation of new economic conceptions that in turn influence the future...