Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics
`In sum we have a curious book. The intelligence and clarity of the author can never be faulted. Ideas are at the forefront, not technique. The book is often highly original, but the first half is strictly derivative. Nonetheless there are nw ideas of value, most of all about the state. I would have been happier had the author started at the truly new, focused on that, developed it, and thrown out the rest. That disappointment, however, is outweighed by the rare pleasure of receiving something conceptual and substantive, rather than receiving nothing.' Tyler Cowen, Economics and Philosophy, 2002