A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic
thinkers of our time. This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for
scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is
unhealthy for the field not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice
of flawed economic models. Noted economic thinker Robert Skidelsky explains the circumstances
that have brought about this constriction and proposes an approach to economics which includes
philosophy history sociology and politics. Skidelsky's clearly written and compelling
critique takes aim at the way that economics is taught in today's universities where a focus
on modelling leaves students ill-equipped to grapple with what is important and true about
human life. He argues for a return to the ideal set out by John Maynard Keynes that the
economist must be a mathematician historian statesman [and] philosopher in equal
measure.--Provided by publisher.
