This is a unique account of the role played by 58 figures and diagrams commonly used in economic theory. These cover a large part of mainstream economic analysis, both microeconomics and macroeconomics and also general equilibrium theory

David Colander has been writing about economic methodology for over 30 years, but he goes out of his way to emphasize that he does not see himself as a methodologist. His pragmatic methodology is applicable to what economists are doing and attempts to answer questions that all economists face as...

Die Volkswirtschaftslehre befindet sich gegenwärtig in einer schweren Krise. Zu lange hat man sich mit der formelhaften Darstellung von Sachverhalten befasst, ohne auf den Menschen oder die Geschichte zu sehen. Die Vergabe des Nobelpreises für Wirtschaft belegt dies: Bis vor einigen Jahren...