Feudalism and the evolution of economic society -- Adam Smith's great vision -- Bentham and Malthus: the hedonist and the "Pastor" -- Distribution of income: Ricardo versus Malthus -- Cold water of poverty and the heat of John Stuart Mill's passions -- Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall: the great Victorian -- Thorstein Veblen takes on the American captains of industry -- Jazz age: aftermath of war and prelude to depression -- John Maynard Keynes and the great depression -- Many modern Keynesians -- Monetarists and the new Classicals deepen the counterrevolution -- Economic growth and technoogy: Schumpeter and capitalism's motion -- Many faces of capitalism: Galbraith, Heiloroner, and the institutionalists -- Rise of the casino economy -- Global economy -- Climbing the economist's mountain to high theory -- Housing and credit crises of 2008 -- Great recession of 2007-10 -- Future of economics

1. Economics -- History