Social Science Imperialists

The essays in this volume present a comprehensive view of modern economics. They range from technical papers on a specific issue such as that devoted to a critique of Kaldor's model of income distribution through evaluation of a wide-ranging literature with special emphasis on the Cambridge controversies in the theory of capital. * Intellectual portraits of Eric Russell Joan Robinson and Lorie Tarshis are also included. * The concluding essay 'The Social Science Imperialists' gives an overview of the issues and trends that have dominated economics in recent years.