Intro -- Series -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface/Justification -- FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A LESS-THAN- PERFECT ECONOMY -- WHY THIS BOOK? -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Setting the Context -- THE PROBLEM WITH UNCRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN A LESS-THAN-PERFECT ECONOMY -- THE PROBLEM...

This book brings together John Creedy's most important essays on the history of economic analysis. The book contributes to our understanding of the development of economics by looking at the subject and some of its major players including Pareto, Edgeworth, Marshall and Wicksell, from an...