economics and reality. More precisely, it asks how reality in the form empirical evidence does or does not influence economic … from general to specific. For the general perspective, I examine the following four points of view. First, economics is a … science. Second, economics is an art. Third, economics is a competition. Forth, economics politics. I then examine four …

the turning point represented by Paul Samuelson's Economics (1948), which became the template for all the textbooks of the … States and Japan. Each chapter examines various types of textbooks, from those aimed at self-education to those addressed to …