insightful history of econ thought
This book is an excellent example of the types of logic and belief systems prevalent during the early 1900s. While significantly out of sync with today's views, these historically accepted ideologies matter today because they formed the basis of contemporary economic theory. No Business School education is complete without Pareto Optimality - this book details, in Pareto's own words, the racist, sexist, and elitist bases for that economic approach.
