Abstract

What can be concluded from the rich tapestry of economics within nation-state boundaries that has been documented above? The most obvious conclusion must be that ‘economics’ is still not an entirely homogenous subject, either in its contemporary manifestation, and even more so throughout its long history. Although it will now be evident to readers, having reached this conclusion at the end of the volume, that authors with a wide range of perspectives were deliberately chosen to write the individual chapters, this on its own does not wholly explain the degree of variance that has been presented.