Diane Coyle reviews Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers
Diane Coyle, author of provocative and deep books including Sex, Drugs, and Economics: An Unconventional Introduction to Economics (2002), The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why it Matters (2009), and GDP: An Affectionate History (2012), has posted her review of Madmen over at The Enlightened Economist . She appreciates pairing the goal of the book (to understand political change, as we define that term ) with a “clear and concise history of thought”, and she concludes favorably: The book is very clearly written and an accessible…
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