Main Currents in Modern Economics

Main Currents in Modern Economicsdeserves to be the classic it is. At the time of its original publication in 1962, Ben Seligman, a scholar's scholar, had immersed himself in the development of economic thought since 1870. This product of his efforts is truly timeless, even though the history ends with a chapter on "technique" that itself ends with a discussion of game theory and linear programming. Why is "Main Currentsstill modern and surprisingly up-to-date? Certainly the past is the pas...