economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists' opinions are vastly …

In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is … an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places …. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to show that they are people too - with more than enough warts and …