Cover -- THE WORLD IN THE MODEL -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Preface -- 1 Modelling as a Method of Enquiry -- PART I: CHANGING THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- 1. From Laws to Models, From Words to Objects -- 2. The Naturalization of...

The development of David Ricardo’s economic theory of distribution -the laws that determine the share of output between the economic classes -depended on specific connections at several levels between two practicalsciences of the early 19th century, namely experimental agriculture andpolitical...