Heinz D. Kurz and Neri Salvadori are two of the most well known economists working in the history of economic thought today. Their previous collection of essays, Understanding Classical Economics sparked intriguing debates within economics and this new volume shows the development of the authors' thinking since that book appeared.

Areas covered by the book include:

* alternative interpretations of classical economists
* new growth theory
* the relationship between Sraffian thoery and Von Neumann
* the treatment of capital in neoclassical long-period theory.

The essays reprinted in this book contain original findings and new vistas on old problems and show the reader how the different parts hang together. As such, the book will be of great interest to every scholar working within the field of the History of Economic Thought.