Edited by G.K. Shaw, Rank Foundation Professor of Economics, University of Buckingham, UK

• Contents: Introduction 1. Conversations with My History of Economics Critics (P.A. Samuelson) 2. On the General Theory (D. Patinkin) 3. A Glimpse of the Invisible Hand (W.J. Baumol) 4. The Direction of Economic Research (G.J. Stigler) 5. The Underworld of Economics: Heresy and Heterodoxy in Economic Thought (M. Desai) 6. The Macroeconomics of Thomas Joplin (D.P. O’Brien) 7. How Inflation Undermines Economic Performance (W. Eltis) 8. The Methodology of Scientific Research Programs in Economics: Criticisms and Conjectures (B.J. Caldwell) 9. Popper, the Rationality Principle and Economic Explanation (D.W. Hands) 10. What’s So Special About General Equilibrium Theory? (A. Rosenberg) 11. On Interpretative and Feminist Economics (A. Klamer) 12. The Economics of Education and The Education of Policy Makers: Reflections on Full Cost Fees for Overseas Students (M. Woodhall) 13. Income-Contingent Student Loans: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (N. Barr) 14. The Concentration Process Revisited (A. Peacock and I. Rizzo) Appendix (Mark Blaug: Bibliography 1956–90)