Against Mechanism: Protecting Economics from Science - Tapa dura

...Mirowski...is usually extremely perceptive in his criticisms....He is one of those rare economists who is fun to read. His scope of knowledge makes one feel stupid at times, but it also makes one want to learn more...THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE ...the history of economic theory at its best. * Eastern Economic Journal * A fundamentally important work for economics....The volume is impressively done and highly readable....the work positively radiates authority....Excellent bibliography. A must acquisition. * CHOICE * ...a stimulating piece of work. * History Of Economics Review * Of the new generation of economic methodologists...the most talented and outspoken may be Philip Mirowski...^IAgainst Mechanism^R is an important work that deserves to be widely read, especially for its penetrating and original analysis of the meaning of the 'marginal revolution' and the problems of scientism in modern neoclassical economics. * Austrian Economics Newsletter *

...the history of economic theory at its best.-EASTERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL