. Classical economics as moral philosophy -- 9. Bentham and utilitarianism -- 10. The rise of physics: from Newton to Einstein … -- 11. Energetics -- 12. Evolutionary theory and genetics -- 13. Entropy, exergy, information and complexity -- 14. The … “marginal revolution” in Economics -- 15. Socialism and the Welfare State -- 16. Keynes v. Hayek and the monetarists -- 17. The …

In this clear and engaging book, economist Louis Putterman places the economy and the study of economics in a broad …, and justice. Putterman connects the field of economics with other important spheres of life, building bridges of … understanding that are too often absent in the study of economics. This book explains economic ideas in nontechnical language and is …

historiographical domains that complement each other: economic history and the history of economics. On the one hand, there are the … other hand, there are the authors and texts of the history of economics that seek to adopt analytical forms (principles and …