Contents Preface and Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables 1 Straddling the Orthodox/Heterodox Economics Divide 1 Introduction 2 From Orthodox Economics . 3 . to Heterodox Economics . 4 . and Beyond 5 Concluding Remarks2 Endogenous Growth Theory: A Critical Assessment Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 New Growth for Old? 3 Opening a Can of Dynamics 4 Statistical Conundrums 5 The Favoured Terrain of Applications 6 Concluding Remarks3 Competition and Market Structure Reconsidered Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 Competition and the Determination of Market Structure 3 A Critical Reassessment4 Prospecting for Political Economy Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 From Dismal to Paradoxical Science? 3 Social Science Strikes Back? 4 From Paradoxes to Progress? Appendix 1 Appendix 25 "Useless but True": Economic Crisis and the Peculiarities of Economic Science Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 From the Crisis of Capitalism . 3 . to the Crisis of Economic Theory . 4 .

to Political Economy6 Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons: A Discussion of Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action Postscript as Personal Preamble Engaging Elinor Ostrom7 The General Impossibility of Neoclassical Economics Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 Formalism and Content in Economic Theory 3 Russell's Paradoxes 4 Implications for Economics 5 Broader Considerations 6 Keynes and the Philosophical Foundations of Economics 7 Concluding Remarks8 Interrogating Sickonomics, from Diagnosis to Cure: A Response to Hodgson Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 From the Social . 3 . to the Individual? 4 And Methodological Individualism 5 And from Formalism . 6 . to Markets . 7 . and a Bit More if Not All9 Economics - Unfit for Purpose: The Director's Cut Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 How Economics Got Its Spots 2 Economics and Ethics10 Post-truth: An Alumni Economist's Perspective Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Mathematical Beginnings 2 From the Social and the Aggregate . 3 .

to the State and the Systemic 4 And the Micro-foundations of Macro or the Other Way About? 5 The State of South Africa, the Military, and Cost Benefit Analysis Is Good? 6 Social Capital, the World Bank and All That Jazz 7 Economics Imperialism and Mainstream Authoritarian Monopoly 8 Prospects for Alternatives Appendix 1 Appendix 211 Mathematical Economics as Aid or Obstacle to Heterodox Economists? A Personal Experience: The Director's Cut Postscript as Personal Preamble 1 Introduction 2 The Mainstream Is Wrong on Its Own Terms 3 Mainstream as Critical Point of Departure 4 Mathematics and Heterodoxy in Its Own Right 5 Concluding Remarks References Index.