Now in its fourth edition, A Short History of Economic Thought provides an elementary overview of the history of economic thought.The book has been thoroughly updated throughout in order to reflect changes in the landscape of the field. It continues to be a much-needed text for all introductory economics courses in the field.

Bo Sandelin is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Hans-Michael Trautwein is Professor of International Economics at the University of Oldenburg, Germany.

1. Introduction 2. Pre-classical economic thought 3. Classical political economy 4. Neoclassical economics 5. Historical schools and institutionalism 6. Monetary macroeconomics 7. Orthodoxy and change