"Economics has become the principal way we define ourselves in the modern era. We are all taught to think like an economist, with total faith in the power of the individual, the purity of the free market, and our boundless future. The problem is that economics is a fairy tale-one that...

Front Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Education of an Economist -- Chapter 2: Ascension of the Queen -- Chapter 3: Growing a Market Society -- Chapter 4: Coming of Age in the Econocene --...