Witztum's text is a robust and challenging introduction to the key principles of economics. It delivers a comprehensive and focused view of the logical core of economic analysis. Presented in a clear and accessible form, the content is nonetheless sufficiently developed to take students beyond...

La <italic>Théorie générale</italic> de Keynes n’est en rien une théorie générale. Au lieu de cela, c’est une théorie sur ceux qui sont en dehors du système. Par ce moyen, Keynes a détourné l’attention de la science économique d’une préoccupation de l’école classique : le destin de ceux...

<italic>The basic principles of Robbins's</italic> Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science <italic>are still present in most textbooks in economics. We thus face a combined problem of historical and contemporary nature. Robbins's assertion concerning the ethics–economics relationship has two main...</italic>

In modern economics, the firm is a means of overcoming the inefficiencies generated by transaction costs and incomplete contracts. Its boundaries, therefore, are the means by which the efficiency of competition can be salvaged. Whether or not agents feel comfortable with the values which...