"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...

This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth. Topics covered include the evolution of income taxation since World War II; the...

chapter 1 Introduction: Culture, economics, and economic behavior -- chapter 2 Western economics and the economy of Japan -- chapter 3 "What are the questions?" -- chapter 4 An analytical vision of the workings of the United States economy -- chapter 5 The workings of the Japanese economy --...