Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The problems at hand; Policing the boundaries; Folk economists; 2 The money question; Justifying free silver; Economists have their say; Moving on reform; A missed opportunity; 3 On firm ground; Growth and expansion; The methodological struggle; The problem with the "new economics"; The growing gap; 4 Economists and the search for industrial order; The Wisconsin School; The Wisconsin Idea goes national; Obstacles to influence; 5 Obscured irrelevance: economists in the boom years; False promise
A new era with old dilemmasDefining the indefinable; Amateurs and businessmen; 6 Stuck in the middle: economists, agricultural reform, and crisis; The state of agricultural economics; Defining the problem; A half-baked solution; Pursuing the panacea; Political stand-off; Toward crisis; Into depression; Conclusion: the legacy of the professional economist; Into the post-World War II period; A need for nuance; Index
