期刊名称：Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE)
印刷版ISSN：1876-9098
出版年度：2011
卷号：4
期号：1
出版社：Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics
摘要：Roger Backhouse is one of the most insightful observers of modern
economics around. Thus, one can only welcome a new book by him on
the economics profession. Despite my admiration of him, and perhaps
because of my high expectations, I found The puzzle of modern
economics a bit of a disappointment. Part of that disappointment could
simply be that the book is written for multiple audiences, including both
academic economists such as me who are inherently interested in the
material he is discussing, and intelligent lay readers whose interests are
more general and who need more background. Such multiple audiences
create a representative reader who is between the two.
